George B. Selden was granted the patent for a gasoline internal combustion engine car.
John Brallier became the first openly paid professional American Football player when he was paid $10 to play a match.
Birt Acres, a British inventor, patented the film camera/projector.
The world-famous Swan Lake ballet premiered in St. Petersburg at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre.
Inventor Daniel Cooper patented the first time clock in the US.
Karl Benz patented the gasoline-operated motor car.
William Painter secured a patent for the capped bottle opener.
A gasoline-powered car was tested in Springfield, Massachusetts, for the first time in the US.
Beatrix Potter wrote her first story of Peter Rabbit in the form of a letter for Noel Moore.
33-year-old Katharine Lee Bates wrote the famous song 'America the Beautiful.'
Henri Desgrange made the world's first world record for a bicycle, reaching a speed of 21.95 miles per hour.
Thomas Edison completed the world's first movie studio in West Orange, New Jersey.
The first issue of Vogue magazine was published.
Pudge Heffelfinger played his first paid game, making him the first professional American Football player.
Ida B. Wells published 'Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases.'
The detective novel 'The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' by Arthur Conan Doyle was published.
The first-ever American football game played at night occurred in a contest between Wyoming Seminary and Mansfield State Normal.
The rules of Basketball are published.
The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype kinetoscope was shown to members of the National Federation of Women's Club.
Tchaikovsky conducted the first public concert at the newly-built Music Hall in New York City.
The world's first weightlifting championship took place in London, England.
Daniel McCree patented the portable fire escape in the US.
The first-ever cricket County Championship started, finishing with Yorkshire beating Gloucestershire.
A Study in Scarlet became the first US edition of British detective Sherlock Holmes written by Arthur Conan Doyle.
Inventor William Gray received a patent for creating the telephone that uses coins to operate it.
Computer pioneer Herman Hollerith patents his punched card calculator.
Thomas Edison filed his patent for the Optical Phonograph.
The German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche celebrated his 44th birthday by beginning his autobiography 'Ecce Homo,' which was published in 1908.
Inventor George Eastman patented camera shutters and trademarked the name 'Kodak.'
American inventor Theophilus Van Kannel was granted the patent for the revolving door.
Aston Villa's director, William McGregor, formed the English Football League.
George Hancock, who invented softball, played the first match in Chicago.
Alexander Miles patented the automatic opening and closing elevator.
The Melbourne cable tramway system opened the Victoria Bridge line in Melbourne, Australia.
Mechanical engineer Karl Benz drove his first automobile in Mannheim, Germany.
Modern hockey is born.
German engineer Gottlieb Daimler unveiled the world's first motorcycle, referred to as the Daimler Reitwagen.
Sylvanus Bowser's invention of the gasoline pump was delivered to a dealer in Fort Wayne, Indiana, US.
Inventor Gottlieb Daimler filed for a patent for a two-wheel 'riding car,' or in other words, 'motorcycle.'
The first-ever magazine issue of 'Good Housekeeping' was published.
Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was published in the United States.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain was first published in the UK and Canada.
Inventor George Eastman patented his 35mm photographic film in the US.
General Laborer Thomas Stevens started his first bicycle trip around the world.
The first volume of the Oxford English Dictionary was published.
The Orient Express started its first journey from Paris to Istanbul.
When Cubs' player Billy Sunday played his first game, he struck out four times.
Thomas Edison's first overhead electric lighting system began service in Roselle, New Jersey.
The opera 'Parsifal' by Richard Wagner premiered in Bayreuth, Germany.
Henry W. Seely patented the electric iron in the US.
