
| Martin Van Buren, 8th President (1837-1841) | |
| George Armstrong Custer of Little Big Horn fame | |
| Werner Heisenberg, discoverer of uncertainty (Nobel 1932) | |
| Walter Elias Disney, father of Mickey Mouse. | |
| Columbus discovers Hispaniola | |
| Phi Beta Kappa, 1st American scholastic fraternity, founded. | |
| Pioneer Venus 1 begins orbiting Venus | |
By Scott Labrecque version 9.4.0.0