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What happened in history on this day: May 22?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On May 22 in ...
- 1973 - At Xerox PARC, Bob Metcalfe invents the Ethernet computer connectivity system, describing in a memo how the technology would work. The name "Ethernet" refers to medium-independent transmission of data packets, and is based on a discredited physical theory of an existing "ether" in space allowing transmission of light rays from the sun to the Earth.
- 1977 - Pertec buys MITS and the Altair line for US$6 million in stock.
- 1984 - In Atlanta, Georgia, the Comdex/Spring '84 trade show is held, over four days. About 50,000 people attend.
- 1984 - At the Comdex trade show, Lotus Development introduces the Framework application for the IBM PC.
- 1984 - At the Comdex trade show, Hewlett-Packard shows the LaserJet laser printer. It is based on the Canon 300 dpi LBP-CX laser printer. Price is US$3500.
- 1989 - Compaq Computer introduces the Compaq Deskpro 386/33 computer, models 84, 320, and 650. It features 33 MHz 80386DX processor, 64 KB 33 MHz cache, 2 MB RAM. Prices range from US$10499 to US$17999.
- 1990 - At the Center City Theater at Columbus Circle in New York, Microsoft introduces and ships Microsoft Windows 3.0. This version allows addressing memory above 640 kB. Microsoft spends US$3 million for opening-day marketing, as part of a US$10 million promotional campaign.
- 1992 - California Superior Court confirms the arbitror's ruling in the arbitration between Intel and AMD.
- 1996 - Paramount Pictures releases the film Mission: Impossible to theaters in the USA and Canada. A black laptop computer is used to monitor several video cameras. The Netscape Web browsing software appears on a computer. A white desktop computer appears. A Verbatim 230 MB optical disk is used. A small Apple Computer portable computer is used.
- 1997 - Adobe Systems ships the Illustrator 7.0 software for Windows and Macintosh in Canada and the US. Price is US$595; upgrade price is US$99.
- 1997 - Apple Computer announces that it will make its Newton Systems Group a subsidiary company, to market the MessagePad 2000 and eMate 3000, with about 130 Apple employees,
- 1998 - GT Interactive releases the Unreal game for personal computers in the USA.
- 2001 - Microsoft releases Windows Media Player 7.1 for the Pocket PC.
- 2002 - Sun Microsystems announces Solaris 9 operating system.
- 2005 - Advanced Micro Devices releases the Geode LX800 processor, intended for small computers. It operates at 533 MHz, consumes 0.9 watts, includes encryption engine and 2D graphics, and is x86 processor compatible. Price is US$45, including companion chipset.
- 2006 - Microsoft announces FlexGo, software allowing the use of a computer with a pre-paid card number.
- 1941 - A consent decree officially dissolves the Federation of Screen Cartoonists.
- 1942 - The Pluto film The Army Mascot is released to theaters.
- 1955 - ABC camera crews begin rehearsing every Sunday at Disneyland.
- 1977 - The NBC TV network airs The Wonderful World of Disney show, entitled The Bluegrass Special.
- 1984 - After two days of discussions, Disney and Bally Manufacturing executives decide there is nothing they can do to help each other.
- 1984 - The Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department give their approval to Saul Steinberg to increase his holdings of Disney stock to 25 percent.
- 1986 - Dominica issues five postage stamps featuring Disney characters and stamp collecting.
- 1986 - Grenada issues ten postage stamps depicting various Disney characters playing baseball.
- 1986 - Lesotho issues five postage stamps depicting various Disney characters.
- 1986 - Maldives issues ten postage stamps depicting US stamps and Disney portrayals of American legends.
- 1987 - The NBC TV network airs the TV special Disney's Golden Anniversary of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
- 1987 - Disney releases the Touchstone Pictures live-action feature film Ernest Goes To Camp to theaters in the US.
- 1988 - The ABC TV network airs The Disney Sunday Movie, entitled Meet the Munceys. The show is a pilot for a proposed series.
- 1991 - Dominica issues ten postage stamps depicting Disney characters in Japanese costumes.
- 1992 - Hollywood Pictures releases the live-action feature film Encino Man to theatres.
- 1998 - Tomorrowland at Disneyland re-opens after extensive remodelling.
- 1998 - The Rocket Rods attraction opens in Tomorrowland at Disneyland. It occupies the old PeopleMover track.
- 1998 - The American Space Experience exhibit opens in Tomorrowland at Disneyland.
- 1998 - The Astro Orbitor attraction opens in Tomorrowland at Disneyland.
- 1998 - The 3D film Honey, I Shrunk the Audience debuts in Tomorrowland at Disneyland.
- 1998 - The Spirit of Refreshment beverage stand opens in Tomorrowland at Disneyland.
- 1998 - DisneyQuest opens at Downtown Disney West Side in Walt Disney World. It provides five stories of high-tech attractions, including Explore Zone, Create Zone, and Replay Zone.
- 2001 - Disney holds a dedication ceremony at Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge in Walt Disney World.
- 2003 - Disney completes the sale of the Anaheim Angels baseball team to Arte Moreno for US$185 million.
- 2003 - The film Reflections of China debuts in the China pavilion in World Showcase at Epcot in Walt Disney World.
- 2006 - The ABC TV network ceases airing the Alias show.
- 2009 - Disney makes a limited release of the film The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story to theaters in Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York City, and Palm Springs, California.
- 2015 - At 6AM, the Diamond Celebration begins in Disneyland Resort for the 60th anniversary of Disneyland.
- 1953 - Work on building Corvette test cars #854 and #855 is ordered terminated, with completed components to be used as spare parts.
- 1956 - The 1532nd 1956 Corvette is completed. This car is destined to become the second SR-2, for Bill Mitchell.
- 2005 - At the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio, round three of the American Le Mans Series is held.
- Finishing 1st in GT1 class and 5th overall is the Corvette Racing #3 Corvette C6-R driven by Ron Fellows and Johnny O'Connell.
- Finishing 2nd in GT1 class and 6th overall is the Corvette Racing #4 Corvette C6-R driven by Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta.
- Finishing 4th in GT1 class an 8th overall is the Corvette C5-R driven by Ryan Dalziel and Alex Figge.
- 1939 - At the Reich Chancellory in Berlin, Italian Foreign Minister Count Ciano and German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop sign a ten-year political and military alliance, dubbed the Pact of Steel.
- 1940 - German panzers head north along the coast from Abbéville.
- 1941 - (0052 hours) British battle cruiser Hood, battleship Prince of Wales, and six destroyers leave Scapa Flow off Scotland, to join the Norfolk and Suffolk cruisers in the Denmark Strait.
- 1941 - (about 0300 hours) The battleship Bismarck and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen leave Norwegian waters, heading north-west around Britain.
- 1941 - British ships attack a convoy of small ships carrying men and supplies to Crete. German Stuka dive-bombers destroy three cruisers and six destroyers, damaging thirteen other ships, including two battleships and the only aircraft-carrier in the Mediterranean fleet.
- 1942 - Japanese naval intelligence reports on a water problem on "AF". The "problem" is actually a ruse, simply a radio message from Midway Island to Pearl Harbor designed to verify the Japanese code identity of "AF" as Midway.
- 1942 - Submarine U-158 shells and sinks Canadian merchant ship Frank B. Baird south-east of Bermuda in the Atlantic Ocean.
- 1943 - German submarine U-569 under commander Hans Johannsen is lost with 21 dead of 46 crew.
- 1946 - Karl Hermann Frank, last Protector of Bohemia, is publicly hanged in Prague.
- 1992 - Vanautu issues five postage stamps depicting planes of World War II operated by the New Hebrides.
- 2000 - Bahamas issues five postage stamps for the 60th anniversary of the Battle of Britain.
- 2000 - Isle of Man issues eight postage stamps marking the 60th anniversary of the Battle of Britain.
- 2000 - Montserrat issues five postage stamps marking the 60th anniversary of the Battle of Britain.
- 1999 - The television show Mortal Kombat: Conquest last airs in the US. 22 shows aired during the season.
- 2000 - Nintendo releases the Perfect Dark video game for the Nintendo 64 in the US and England.
- 2002 - In Los Angeles, California, the Electronic Entertainment Expo show is held, over three days. Total attendance is 60,000.
- 2002 - At the Electronic Entertainment Expo, the Game Critics Awards are presented:
- Best Original Game: Psychonauts.
- 2007 - Atlus releases the Odin Sphere video game for the PlayStation 2 in the US.
- 1525 - The Hjortsberga provincial assembly confirms the peace treaty of May 18.
- 1868 - An Act of Canadian Parliament receives royal assent regarding the manufacture or import of copper/brass coins/tokens, making it illegal to do so unless issued under lawful authority.
- 1868 - An Act of Canadian Parliament receives royal assent regarding currency in Canada. Provided the Congress of the USA agrees to adopt the standards set in the International Monetary Conference, then denominations of currency in Canada would be set as pounds, shillings, pence, dollars, cents, and mills, and copper/silver/gold coins of the UK, USA, France and other countries would be legal tender in Canada. This Act also sets the value of the Canadian dollar at 1/4 of the British pound.
- 1877 - A US patent is granted to William Wheeler Hubbell for the gold-silver alloy goloid, for coinage.
- 1933 - US Congress declares all currency in circulation legal tender.
- 2000 - The US Mint releases the 2000 South Carolina State quarter dollar coin to circulation.
- 1877 - Third Kentucky Derby: Billy Walker aboard Baden-Baden wins in 2:38.
- 1884 - One-armed pitcher Hugh Daily fans 13 batters.
- 1885 - 13th Preakness: Jim McLaughlin aboard Tecumseh wins in 2:49.
- 1893 - Montréal Athletic Association beats Ottawa Generals 2-1, in first Stanley Cup hockey game.
- 1902 - 36th Belmont Stakes: John Bullman aboard Mastermam wins in 2:22.6.
- 1906 - 10th anniversary of modern Olympics celebration is held in Athens, Greece.
- 1906 - 31st Preakness: Walter Miller aboard Whimsical wins in 1:45.
- 1907 - Albert Trott takes two hat-tricks in an innings, Middlesex versus Somerset.
- 1911 - Atlanta Braves' pitcher, Cliff Curtis, loses his 23rd game in a row.
- 1927 - Brooklyn Dodgers beat Philadelphia Phillies, 20-4.
- 1930 - New York Yankees "Bronx Bombers" hit 14 homeruns in a game. Babe Ruth hits three consecutive homeruns (8th-10th of 60 in 1930).
- 1946 - New York Yankees turn triple-play and defeat Detroit Tigers' 5-3.
- 1953 - New York Yankees' player Irv Noren hits into a triple-play, New York Yankees beat Washington Senators 12-4.
- 1954 - 80th Preakness: Johnny Adams aboard Hasty Road wins in 1:57.4.
- 1957 - Boston Red Sox set American League record by smashing four homeruns in 6th inning in 11-0 win.
- 1962 - New York Yankees' Roger Maris walks five times (record four intentionally) in a 9-inning game.
- 1963 - A C Milan wins 8th Europe Cup 1 at London, England.
- 1963 - Mickey Mantle hits a ball off Yankee Stadium's facade.
- 1966 - Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open.
- 1968 - Pittsburgh Pirates' player Willie Stargell hits three homeruns, a double and a single.
- 1970 - Mel Stottlemyre sets record by walking 11, but wins 2-0.
- 1974 - Ruffian begins her racing career as a filly and dies 14 months later.
- 1974 - Soccer team Veendam forms.
- 1975 - 8th ABA Championship: Kentucky Colonels beat Indiana Pacers, 4 games to 1.
- 1976 - Saint Louis Cardinals' Reggie Smith hits three homeruns.
- 1977 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Coca-Cola Golf Classic.
- 1977 - Boston Red Sox (6) and Milwaukee Brewers (5) tie single game homerun record of 11.
- 1979 - Commencement of first ICC Trophy (PNG versus East Africa and Singapore versus Argentina).
- 1983 - Pat Bradley wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Charity Golf Tournament.
- 1983 - Toronto Blue Jays' Cliff Johnson hits record 18th pinch hit homerun.
- 1985 - Pete Rose 2,108th run passes Hank Aaron as National League run scoring leader.
- 1985 - Real Madrid wins 14th UEFA Cup at Madrid, Spain.
- 1988 - 34th LPGA Championship won by Sherri Turner.
- 1990 - In a 16-inning game against the Cincinnati Reds at Wrigley Field, Chicago Cubs' right fielder Andre Dawson is walked five times intentionally, establishing a major league record.
- 1991 - Inter Milan wins 20th UEFA Cup at Rome.
- 1991 - NFL Owners agree to add two teams in 1994.
- 1992 - California Angels are involved in a bus crash in New Jersey.
- 1993 - Riddick Bowe scores a technical knock-out on Jesse Ferguson in two rounds for heavyweight boxing title.
- 1994 - Elaine Crosby wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open.
- 1994 - Toronto NBA franchise unveils name "Raptors" and logo.
- 2003 - Arturo Moreno purchases the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim from the Walt Disney Company for US$184 million.
- 2021 - Twenty-one professional runners die from hypothermia due to extreme weather in an ultramarathon held in Jingtai County, Gansu, China.
- 2022 - Golfer Justin Thomas wins the 2022 PGA Championship in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.
- 2022 - At Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, NHL Western Conference 2nd Round, game 3: Edmonton Oilers beats Calgary Flames by score 4-1, leading series 2-1.
- 2022 - At Madison Square Garden in New York, New York, USA, NHL Eastern Conference 2nd Round, game 3: New York Rangers beats Carolina Hurricanes by score 3-1, leading series 2-1.
- 2022 - At Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida, USA, NHL Eastern Conference 2nd Round, game 3: Tampa Bay Lightning beats Florida Panthers by score 5-1, leading series 3-0.
- 2022 - At Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Los Angeles Angels beats Oakland Athletics by score 4-1.
- 2022 - At Oracle Park in San Francisco, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: San Diego Padres beats San Francisco Giants by score 10-1.
- 2022 - At Coors Field in Denver, Colorado, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: New York Mets beats Colorado Rockies by score 2-0.
- 2022 - At Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York, USA, Major League Baseball regular season doubleheader game 1: Chicago White Sox beats New York Yankees by score 3-1.
- 2022 - At Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York, USA, Major League Baseball regular season doubleheader game 2: Chicago White Sox beats New York Yankees by score 5-0.
- 2022 - At Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Chicago Cubs beats Arizona Diamondbacks by score 5-4.
- 2022 - At American Family Field in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Washington Nationals beats Milwaukee Brewers by score 8-2.
- 2022 - At Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Houston Astros beats Texas Rangers by score 5-2.
- 2022 - At Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Minnesota Twins beats Kansas City Royals by score 7-6.
- 2022 - At Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Detroit Tigers beats Cleveland Guardians by score 4-2.
- 2022 - At LoanDepot Park in Miami, Florida, USA , Major League Baseball regular season game: Miami Marlins beats Atlanta Braves by score 4-3.
- 2022 - At Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Major League Baseball regular season game: Cincinnati Reds beats Toronto Blue Jays by score 3-2.
- 2022 - At Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Baltimore Orioles beats Tampa Bay Rays by score 7-6.
- 2022 - At Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Boston Red Sox beats Seattle Mariners by score 8-4.
- 2022 - At Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Philadelphia Phillies beats Los Angeles Dodgers by score 4-3.
- 2022 - At PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Saint Louis Cardinals beats Pittsburgh Pirates by score 18-4.
- 2023 - American basketball player Carmelo Anthony announces his retirement from the NBA, at age 38, after 19 seasons. Anthony was a ten-time NBA All-Star player, and played for the Denver Nuggets and Los Angeles Lakers.
- 760 - Fourteenth recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.
- 1969 - Stafford and Cernan pilot Apollo 10 LEM 9.4 miles (15km) above lunar surface.
- 1976 - NASA launches space vehicle S-179.
- 1981 - Soyuz 40 returns to Earth.
- 1992 - India launches its Agni rocket.
- 2001 - A large trans-Neptunian object (28978 Ixion) is found during the Deep Ecliptic Survey.
- 1987 - 30 killed in a Texas tornado.
- 1803 - First US public library opens (Connecticut).
- 1807 - Former US Vice President Aaron Burr is tried for treason in Richmond, Virginia (acquitted).
- 1807 - Townsend Speakman first sells fruit-flavored carbonated drinks (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA).
- 1843 - A massive wagon train of 1,000 settlers and 1,000 head of cattle sets off down the Oregon Trail from Independence, Missouri, USA.
- 1856 - Prepresentative Preston Brooks of South Carolina enters the Senate chambers in Washington, D.C., and brutally beats Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts.
- 1863 - US War Department establishes Bureau of Colored Troops.
- 1864 - Battle of North Anna River, Virginia (Totopotamy River, Haw's Shop, Hanovertown).
- 1868 - Great Train Robbery; seven men (Reno Brothers) make off with $98,000 in cash.
- 1872 - Amnesty Act restores civil rights to Southerners (except for 500).
- 1891 - In New Jersey, USA, Thomas Edison makes the first public display of his Kinetoscope projection of a film to the US National Federation of Women's Clubs, with an audience of 147,
- 1900 - Associated Press organizes in New York City as non-profit news cooperative.
- 1906 - The Wright brothers are granted U.S. patent number 821,393 for their "Flying-Machine."
- 1928 - US Congress accepts Jones-White Merchant Naval Act.
- 1931 - Canned rattlesnake meat first goes on sale in Florida.
- 1933 - US Congress declares all currency in circulation legal tender dollar for dollar as if it were gold.
- 1945 - US 6th Marine division reaches suburbs of Naha, Okinawa, Japan.
- 1947 - "Truman Doctrine" goes into effect, aiding Turkey and Greece.
- 1947 - First US ballistic missile fired.
- 1953 - US President Dwight Eisenhower signs Offshore Oil Bill.
- 1961 - First revolving restaurant (top of the Space Needle in Seattle, Washington) opens.
- 1962 - In Los Angeles, California, the 14th Annual Emmy Awards are presented, hosted by Bob Newhart, Johnny Carson, and David Brinkley.
- Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography for Television: John S. Priestley for Naked City
- Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing for Television: Hugh Chaloupka, Aaron Nibley, and Charles L. Freeman for Naked City
- Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composed for Television: Richard Rodgers for Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years
- Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Series (Lead): E.G. Marshall for The Defenders
- Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Series (Lead): Shirley Booth for Hazel
- Outstanding Daytime Program: Purex Summer Specials
- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy: Nat Hiken for Car 54, Where Are You?
- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama: Franklin J. Schaffner for The Defenders
- Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role by an Actor: Don Knotts for The Andy Griffith Show
- Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role by an Actress: Pamela Brown for Victoria Regina
- Outstanding Performance in a Variety or Musical Program or Series: Carol Burnett for The Garry Moore Show
- Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Drama: The Defenders
- Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Educational and Public Affairs Programming: David Brinkley's Journal
- Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Humor: The Bob Newhart Show
- Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of News: The Huntley-Brinkley Report
- Outstanding Program Achievements in the Fields of Variety and Music - Variety: The Garry Moore Show
- Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: Peter Falk in the episode "The Price of Tomatoes" of The Dick Powell Show
- Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role: Julie Harris for Victoria Regina
- Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy: Carl Reiner for The Dick Van Dyke Show
- Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama: Reginald Rose for The Defenders
- The Program of the Year: Victoria Regina
- 1964 - US President Lyndon Johnson presents "Great Society".
- 1966 - In Los Angeles, California, the 18th Annual Emmy Awards are presented, hosted by Danny Kaye and Bill Cosby.
- Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series: Bill Cosby for I Spy
- Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama: Cliff Robertson for "The Game" of Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
- Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series: Dick Van Dyke for The Dick Van Dyke Show
- Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series: Barbara Stanwyck for The Big Valley
- Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Drama: Simone Signoret for episode "A Small Rebellion" of Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
- Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series: Mary Tyler Moore for The Dick Van Dyke Show
- Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Drama: James Daly for "Eagle in a Cage" of Hallmark Hall of Fame
- Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Comedy: Don Knotts for episode "The Return of Barney Fife" of Andy Griffith Show
- Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Drama: Lee Grant for Peyton Place
- Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Comedy: Alice Pearce for Bewitched
- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy: William Asher for Bewitched
- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety or Music: Alan Handley for The Julie Andrews Show
- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama: Sydney Pollack for The Game of Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
- Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy: Bill Persky and Sam Denoff for episode "Coast To Coast Big Mouth" of The Dick Van Dyke Show
- Outstanding Writing Achievement in Variety: Hal Goldman, Al Gordon, and Sheldon Keller for An Evening with Carol Channing
- Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama: Millard Lampell for "Eagle in a Cage" of Hallmark Hall of Fame
- Individual Achievements in Film Editing: Marvin Coil, Everett Douglas, and Ellsworth Hoagland for Bonanza
- Individual Achievements in Music - Composition: Laurence Rosenthal for "Michelangelo: The Last Giant"
- Outstanding Musical Program: Dwight Hemion for Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music
- Outstanding Dramatic Series: Alan A. Armer for The Fugitive
- Special Classification of Individual Achievements: Art Carney for episode "The Adoption" of The Jackie Gleason Show, and Burr Tillstrom for the "Berlin Wall" of That Was the Week That Was
- Outstanding Children's Program: Lee Mendelson and Bill Melendez for A Charlie Brown Christmas
- Outstanding Dramatic Program: David Susskind and Daniel Melnick for The Ages of Man
- Outstanding Variety Special: Bob Hope for the "Christmas Special" of Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
- Achievements in Daytime Programming - Programs: Dan Gallagher for Camera Three and Don Meier for Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom
- Outstanding Comedy Series: Carl Reiner for The Dick Van Dyke Show
- Outstanding Variety Series: Bob Finkel for The Andy Williams Show
- Achievements in Educational Television - Individuals: Julia Child for The French Chef
- Trustees Award: Edward R. Murrow.
- 1969 - Stafford and Cernan pilot Apollo 10 LEM 9.4 miles (15km) above lunar surface.
- 1972 - US President Richard Nixon begins visit to Moscow, Russia.
- 1973 - US President Richard Nixon confesses his role in Watergate cover-up.
- 1973 - At Xerox PARC, Bob Metcalfe invents the Ethernet computer connectivity system, describing in a memo how the technology would work. The name "Ethernet" refers to medium-independent transmission of data packets, and is based on a discredited physical theory of an existing "ether" in space allowing transmission of light rays from the sun to the Earth.
- 1974 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1975 - The first legal numbers game in the USA is New Jersey State Lottery's "Pick-it", in which players choose their own 3-digit number in a daily drawing.
- 1985 - US sailor Michael L Walker arrested for spying for USSR.
- 1987 - 30 killed in a Texas tornado.
- 1990 - At the Center City at Columbus Circle in New York, Microsoft introduces and ships Microsoft Windows 3.0. This version allows addressing memory above 640 kB. Microsoft spends US$3 million for opening-day marketing, as part of a US$10 million promotional campaign.
- 1998 - A federal judge rules that United States Secret Service agents can be compelled to testify before a grand jury concerning the Lewinsky-Clinton scandal.
- 1999 - The television show Mortal Kombat: Conquest last airs in the US. 22 shows aired during the season.
- 2002 - In Washington, DC, Chandra Levy's remains are found in Rock Creek Park.
- 2002 - A jury in Birmingham, Alabama convicts former Ku Klux Klan member Bobby Frank Cherry of the 1963 murders of four girls.
Other history:
- 1906 - Wright Brothers patent an aeroplane.
- 1927 - 8.3 earthquake strikes Nan-Shan China, 200,000 killed.
- 1933 - Loch Ness Monster is first reportedly sighted by John Mackay in Scotland.
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