** On the other hand, in the Crusade episode Visitors From Down the Street, Captain Matthew Gideon would launch a full spread of modified probes ( uploaded with considerable information about Earth and other Interstellar Alliance worlds, and about certain recent events which had transpired aboard the EAS Excalibur ) at a pre-hyperspace planet where Humans had been cast ( by the local government ) in a role reminiscent of the Grey Aliens in our culture, in order to expose the locals to the truth.

** Old Earth: Homeworld of Humanity, and most populated and richest of the worlds.

** The worlds first vertical launch of a manned rocket takes place when the German Bachem Ba 349 Natter rocket fighter makes its first manned launch under rocket power.

** In the United Kingdom, Cameron Balloons flies the worlds first airship lifted by hot air.

** Mid to late 21st Century-Eventually virtual immersion will probably lead to virtual worlds ( collectively known as the virtual universe ) that people can enter.

** Colony ship-not a military vessel per se, it is the only ship able to build new colonies on uncharted worlds.

** Eunectes murinus, the green anaconda, the largest species, is found east of the Andes in Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil and on the island of Trinidad.

** Fukuoka University-University with the largest number of students in Kyushu

** Kadan Kyun, the largest island of the archipelago

** Port of Constanța ( the largest port and shipyard in the Black Sea and one of the busiest ports in Europe )

** Pier D is the largest pier and has two floor levels.

** Charon, the largest of Pluto's moons.

** Tristan da Cunha, the main island and largest, area:, ()

** List of largest rifts and valleys in the Solar System

** The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, led by Brian Mulroney, wins 211 seats in the House of Commons, forming the largest majority government in Canadian history.

** US $ 7. 4 million is stolen from Brink's Armored Car Depot in Rochester, New York in the 5th largest robbery in U. S. history.

** IBM announces a $ 4. 97 billion loss for 1992, the largest single-year corporate loss in United States history to date.

** Loomis Fargo Bank Robbery: The second largest cash robbery in U. S. history ($ 17. 3 million, mostly in small bills ) occurs at the Charlotte, North Carolina office of Wells Fargo.

** Telecom companies WorldCom and MCI Communications announce a US $ 37 billion merger to form MCI WorldCom ( the largest merger in U. S. history ).

** Australian media baron Rupert Murdoch purchases the largest selling British Sunday newspaper, The News of the World.

** The largest convoy of the war embarks from Halifax, Nova Scotia under Royal Canadian Navy protection.

** The world's largest office building, The Pentagon, is dedicated in Arlington, Virginia.

** Battle of Kursk – The largest tank battle in history begins.

** President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt's " Infamy " Address to a Joint Session of Congress at 12: 30 p. m. EST ( 17. 30 GMT ) and transmitted live over all four major national networks attracts the largest audience ever for an American radio broadcast, over 81 % of homes.

** The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway is merged with the Burlington Northern Railroad to form the BNSF Railway, making it one of the largest railroad mergers in U. S. history.

** The Pennsylvania Railroad and the New York Central Railroad merge to form Penn Central, the largest ever corporate merger up to this date.

** Agreement for merger between the General Electric Company and English Electric, the largest industrial merger in the UK up to this date.

** French President Charles de Gaulle's visit to Algeria is bloodied by European and Muslim rioters in Algeria's largest cities.

** The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is established, creating the largest Lutheran denomination in the United States.

** First RepublicBank of Texas fails and enters FDIC receivership, the largest FDIC assisted bank failure in history.

** Peter Hans Kolvenbach, Dutch Superior General of the Society of Jesus, the largest male religious order of the Catholic Church

** Bare assertions – making entirely unsubstantiated claims-may also be considered a form of research misconduct although there is no evidence that cases of this form have ever led to a finding of misconduct.

** Jeanne Calment, the oldest person ever, dies at age 122 years 164 days in Arles, France.

** In Durban, South Africa the Timeless Test begins between England and South Africa, the longest game of cricket ever played.

** Boris Yeltsin is elected as the first ever elected president of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.

** " Sue ", the best preserved Tyrannosaurus rex specimen ever found, is discovered near Faith, South Dakota.

** Steffi Graf defeats Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in the longest ever women's final at the French Open, to win her 19th Grand Slam title.

** The London Gold Fixing hits its highest price ever ( adjusted for inflation ), at US $ 850 a troy ounce.

** Syed Abdul Rahim, First ever Indian national football manager ( b. 1909 )

** The Warsaw radio mast is completed, the second tallest structure ever built ( it collapses on August 8, 1991 ).

** Ireland submits the first ever application to join the then European Economic Community.

** The American nuclear submarine USS Seadragon ( SSN-584 ) surfaced through the arctic ice cap at the North Pole, the first submarine ever to do so.

** The Pittsburgh Steelers win their first ever post-season NFL game, defeating the Oakland Raiders 13 – 7, on a last second play that becomes known as The Immaculate Reception.

** Tich Freeman becomes the only bowler ever to take 200 first-class wickets before the end of July.

** In Browning, Montana, the temperature drops from + 6. 7 ° C to-48. 8 ° C ( 44 ° F to-56 ° F ) in one day, the greatest change ever on record for a 24-hour period.

** A guard takes his place at the Tomb of the Unknowns in Washington, DC ; continuous guard has been maintained there ever since.

** The first ever regeneration in Doctor Who: William Hartnell's face morphs into that of Patrick Troughton.

** Prime Minister of Cape Verde Pedro Pires resigns following his party's loss in the January 13 Cape Verdean parliamentary election, the first ever multiparty election in an African nation.

** Penn Central declares Section 77 bankruptcy, largest ever US corporate bankruptcy up to this date.

** First ever Rugby World Cup kicks off with New Zealand playing Italy at Eden Park, Auckland

** James Moore, winner of the first ever cycle race ( b. 1849 )

** The region of Wairarapa, New Zealand is hit by the strongest earthquake ever recorded in New Zealand ( Magnitude 8. 1 on the Richter Scale ); there are five deaths.

** Trijntje Keever, presumed to have been the tallest woman ever ( d. 1633 )