| William Wordsworth, English poet laureate (The Prelude) | |
| Walter Camp, father of American football | |
| W K Kellogg, a real corn flake | |
| Billie Holiday, blues singer | |
| Mark Russell, satirist | |
| Seals Stadium opens. | |
| Prohibition ends. 'Gimme a beer, Mac.' | |
| World Health Organization is established. | |
| First jet transatlantic non-stop flight (west to east) | |
| NASA selects first seven astronauts | |
| Radar first bounced off sun, from Stanford California. | |
By Scott Labrecque version 9.4.0.0