Tara Lipinski becomes the youngest female figure skating world champion. The American athlete won the 1997 World Figure Skating Championships in Lausanne, Switzerland at the age of 14 years and 10 months.

The Intel Corporation produces the first Pentium microprocessor. Intel holds about 80% of the world market share in the PC microprocessor business.

The Beatles release their first album. Please Please Me, which included the hit single “Love Me Do” is regarded as one of the greatest albums of all time.

The laser is patented. Charles Hard Townes and Arthur Leonard Schawlow received the first patent for their device, although Gordon Gould had previously filed a patent application for a similar contraption, which was turned down.

The Arab League is founded. The organization was founded to promote political, economic, and cultural collaboration amongst its member states, which include 22 African, Asian, and Middle Eastern countries, from Mauritania in the west to Oman in the east.