1762 — The beautiful and world-renowned Trevi Fountain is officially completed and inaugurated in Rome, Italy ⛲ 🇮🇹
1849 — Future U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is issued a patent for a device to lift boats over shoals, making him the only president ever to hold a patent ⛵ 💡
1859 — Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the brilliant British writer and creator of the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes, is born in Edinburgh 🕵️♂️ 📚
1906 — Orville and Wilbur Wright are officially granted a U.S. patent for their pioneering invention, the “flying machine” ✈️ 📜
1980 — The iconic arcade video game Pac-Man (originally released as Puck Man) is officially released to the public in Japan 🍒 🕹️
1987 — The very first Rugby World Cup officially kicks off as co-hosts New Zealand defeat Italy in Auckland 🏉 🇳🇿
2010 — Programmer Laszlo Hanyecz famously purchases two Papa John’s pizzas for 10,000 Bitcoins, marking the very first real-world transaction using the cryptocurrency 🍕 💻
2012 — SpaceX makes history as its Dragon capsule successfully launches, eventually becoming the very first commercial spacecraft to dock with the International Space Station 🚀
