2005 The first YouTube video is posted1988 Kanellos Kanellopoulos flies across the Aegean Sea in a human-powered aircraft1985 Coca-Cola releases New Coke1984 The discovery of the virus causing AIDS is announced1971 The Rolling Stones release Sticky FingersBirths On This Day1936 Roy Orbison (American singer-songwriter)1928 Shirley Temple (American actress, singer, dancer)1891 Sergei Prokofiev (Russian pianist, composer, conductor)1858 Max Planck (German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate)1791 James Buchanan (American politician, 15th President of the United States)Deaths On This Day2007 Boris Yeltsin (Russian politician, 1st President of Russia)1998 Konstantinos Karamanlis (Greek politician, 3rd President of Greece)1993 Cesar Chavez (American activist)1992 Satyajit Ray (Indian director, producer, screenwriter)1616 William Shakespeare (English playwright, actor)
2005 The first YouTube video is posted
The 18-second clip “Me at the zoo” shows co-founder Jawed Karim at San Diego Zoo. It has been viewed more than 13 million times (2014).
1988 Kanellos Kanellopoulos flies across the Aegean Sea in a human-powered aircraft
The Greek Olympic cyclist flew a record-breaking 115 km (71 mi) from Crete to Santorini in the MIT Daedalus aircraft, which was named after the mythological inventor of aviation.
1985 Coca-Cola releases New Coke
The new formula was so unpopular that the original Coke was re-introduced as Coca-Cola Classic soon afterward.
1984 The discovery of the virus causing AIDS is announced
French virologists Luc Montagnier and Françoise Barré-Sinoussi were awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for the discovery of the HIV virus.
1971 The Rolling Stones release Sticky Fingers
The album is often considered one of the British rock band’s best. It includes hits like “Brown Sugar” and ”Wild Horses”.