- On June 16, 1884, the first American roller coaster debuted at Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York.
- In 1903, Henry Ford, along with 11 other investors, founded the Ford Motor Company in Detroit, becoming one of the first American automobile manufacturers.
- In 1963, Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman to travel in space.
- In 1978, the movie Grease, starring Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta, debuted in theaters.
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