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.