The first issue of Scientific American magazine is published.
Scientific American (informally abbreviated SciAm or sometimes SA) is an American popular science magazine. Many famous scientists, including Albert Einstein, have contributed articles to it. In print since 1845, it is the oldest continuously published monthly magazine in the United States (though it did not become monthly until 1921). Scientific American is owned by Springer Nature, which in turn is a subsidiary of Holtzbrinck Publishing Group.