Skype, the pioneering online video calling service established in 2003, is taken offline for good by Microsoft.
Pulitzer Prize for Music is awarded to Susie Ibarra her composition 'Sky Islands'.
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction is awarded to Percival Everett for his novel 'James'.
Donald Glover, known by his stage name Childish Gambino, released the music video for his single titled 'This Is America,' which went on to gain vast praise.
A conjunction of Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and the Moon occurred.
Mike Tyson received his second speeding ticket while drag racing his Lamborghini in Albany, New York.
The British Special Air Service (SAS) terminate the Iranian Embassy siege in London.
Secretariat made history when he finished the Kentucky Derby in record time.
Alan Shepard became the first American to travel to outer space.
West Germany gains full sovereignty after World War II.
Bhumibol Adulyadej was crowned King of Thailand.
The Council of Europe is founded.
The first Three Stooges film is released.
Perfume Chanel No.5 was released.
Eugene Bullard became the first African-American military pilot after acquiring his pilot's license from the Aéro-Club de France.
Cy Young pitches the first perfect game in modern major league baseball.
Tchaikovsky conducted the first public concert at the newly-built Music Hall in New York City.
A fire broke out in Hamburg, Germany. It burned for over 100 hours, killed 51 people, and destroyed 1,700 homes.
Mary Kies became the first woman ever to acquire a patent.
Prussia and Russia signed the Treaty of Saint Petersburg, which ended seven years of war between the two.
During his second voyage to the New World, Christopher Columbus spotted Jamaica and landed at Discovery Bay.
Kublai Khan, the grandson of Genghis Khan, became the ruler of the Mongol Empire.
