| Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish religious leader | |
| Thomas Paine, political essayist (Common Sense, Age of Reason) | |
| William McKinley, 25th President (1897-1901) | |
| Lawrence Hargrave, invented the box kite | |
| Anton Chekhov, writer (The Cherry Orchard) | |
| Frederick Delius, English composer | |
| Claude William Dukenfield (better known as W.C. Fields) | |
| Allen B DuMont, perfected 1st practical cathode ray tube. | |
| Australia Day | |
| Kansas becomes 34th state | |
| 1st athletic letters given: to Univ of Chicago football team. | |
| Walt Disney starts 1st job as an artist $40 week with KC Slide Co | |
| Walt Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty' is released | |
By Scott Labrecque version 9.4.0.0