| John Harvard, clergyman, scholar, founder of Harvard University | |
| Louisa May Alcott, little woman | |
| Willis Haviland Carrier, developed air-conditioning equipment. | |
| Norbert Wiener, inventor of cybernetics | |
| Charles M Schultz, cartoonist (Peanuts) | |
| first lion to be exhibited in America (Boston) | |
| Captain Cook discovers Maui (in the Sandwich Islands). | |
| first national celebration of Thanksgiving | |
| Alice in Wonderland is published | |
| India adopts a constitution as a British Commonwealth Republic | |
| France launches first satellite, a 92-pound A1 capsule | |
| first major tidal power plant opened at Rance estuary, France | |
| 23rd Space Shuttle Mission - Atlantis 2 is launched | |
By Scott Labrecque version 9.3.0.0