• 1875 – The first official game of Polo is played in Argentina after being introduced by British ranchers.
  • 1933 – Yevgeniy Abalakov is the first man to reach the highest point in the Soviet Union, Communism Peak (now called Ismoil Somoni Peak and situated in Tajikistan) (7495 m).
  • 1971 – Qatar becomes an independent state.
  • 1976 – Viking Program: The American Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars.