| John Graunt, statistician, founded the science of demography | |
| Anthony Trollope, England, novelist (Barchester Towers) | |
| Barbra Streisand, profile | |
| Library of Congress founded with a $5000 allocation. | |
| SF Fire Alarm and Police Telegraph system put into operation. | |
| Wind gusts reach 372 kph at Mt Washington, NH | |
| Winston Churchill knighted by Queen Elizabeth II | |
| MIT sends TV signal by satellite for first time: CA to MA | |
| China launchs first satellite, transmitting song 'East is Red'. | |
| The IBM Personal Computer (PC) is introduced. | |
| Hubble Space Telescope put into orbit by shuttle Discovery. | |
By Scott Labrecque version 9.4.0.0