| Otto von Guericke, invented the air pump | |
| Peregrine White, born on Mayflower to William & Susanna White. | |
| Selma Lagerl”f, Swedish novelist (Tales of a Manor) (Nobel 1909) | |
| Kenesaw Mountain Landis, judge, first commissioner of baseball | |
| Karl von Frisch, zoologist, bee expert (Nobel 1973) | |
| Edwin Hubble, US astronomer, discoverer of galaxies, red shift | |
| Chester Gould, gave Dick Tracy a job | |
| Alistair Cooke, raconteur | |
| New Jersey becomes the first state to ratify the Bill of Rights. | |
| William Bundy invents the first timecard clock. | |
| Revolution breaks out in Mexico, led by Francisco Madero. | |
| The State Department starts requiring photographs for passports | |
| Commercial teletype service began | |
| Britain's Princess Elizabeth, marries Duke Philip Mountbatten | |
| first airplane to exceed 1300 mph - Scott Crossfield. | |
| Egyptian Pres Sadat is 1st Arab leader to address Israel Knesset | |
| Steve Ptacek in Solar Challenger makes 1st solar-powered flight | |
| UN's WHO announces 1st global effort to combat AIDS. | |
By Scott Labrecque version 9.4.0.0