| Franz Schubert, composer (Unfinished Symphony) | |
| James G. Blaine, the 'Plumed Knight'. | |
| Zane Gray, American West novelist | |
| Jackie Robinson, 1st black major league baseball player | |
| Normal Mailer, novelist, NYC mayoral candidate (Naked & the Dead) | |
| Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard, queen of Netherlands (1980- ) | |
| San Francisco Orphan's Asylum, 1st in California, founded. | |
| Telescope maker Alvin Clark discovers dwarf companion of Sirius | |
| Birds fly over the western part of San Francisco in such large | |
| numbers that they actually darken the sky. | |
| Pres Truman authorized production of H-Bomb | |
| James van Allen discovers radiation belt | |
| 1st U.S. satellite launched, Explorer I. | |
| Ham the chimp is 1st animal sent into space by the US. | |
| Luna 9 launched for moon | |
| Apollo 14 launched, 1st landing in lunar highlands. | |
By Scott Labrecque version 9.4.0.0