| Robert Boyle, Irish physicist, chemist, author | |
| Joseph-Louis, comte de Lagrange, mathematician | |
| Robert Burns, the Scottish poet. | |
| Somerset Maugham, novelist, poet (Of Human Bondage, Cakes & Ale) | |
| Virginia Woolf, author. | |
| Corazon Aquino, president of Philippines (1986- ) | |
| Chinese New Year. | |
| Alexander Bell in New York calls Thomas Watson in San Francisco. | |
| Largest diamond, Cullinan (3106 carets), found in South Africa | |
| first popular elections in Israel. | |
| first Emmy Awards are presented. | |
| first transcontinental commercial jet flight (LA to NY for $301). | |
| Echo 2, US communications satellite launched | |
By Scott Labrecque version 9.4.0.0