| Raffaello Santi (Raphael), Italian painter and architect | |
| James Mill, philosopher, historian, economist | |
| Philip Henry Gosse, invented the institutional aquarium | |
| Anthony Herman Gerard Fokker, pioneer aircraft manufacturer | |
| Donald Wills Douglas, founded an aircraft company. | |
| Lowell Thomas, journalist | |
| Harold Edgerton, foremost high-speed photographer | |
| BC Earliest total solar eclipse chronicled by Greeks is observed | |
| Kings Charles II signs Carolina Charter | |
| Battle of Shiloh. | |
| Brigham Young marries number 27, his final wife. | |
| First modern Olympics | |
| First animated cartoon copyrighted | |
| First credit union established in US | |
| North Pole reached by Americans Robert Peary and Matthew Henson | |
| US declares war on Germany (WWI) | |
| 4 planes take off on first successful around-the-world flight. | |
| New York City ends trolley car service. | |
| Intelsat 1 ('Early Bird') first commercial geosynchronous | |
| communications satellite | |
| Pioneer 11 launched to Jupiter and Saturn | |
By Scott Labrecque version 9.4.0.0