Retrospective describes something that relates to the past or to something that happened in the past.
☰Thought of the Day
"I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me." - Sir Isaac Newton from Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Discoveries of Sir Isaac Newton, Volume 2, 1855. P.407.
- Simon Forman, English Elizabethan astrologer and occultist, born in Quidhampton, England (d. 1611)
- Hermannus Boerhaave, Dutch botanist and physician, born in Voorhout, Netherlands (d. 1738)
- Isma'il Pasha, Khedive of Egypt (1863-79), born in Cairo, Egypt (d. 1895)
- Henri Matisse, French impressionist painter (Odalisque), born in Le Cateau-Cambresis, France (d. 1954)
- Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein, born in Province of Schleswig-Holstein (d. 1970)
- Tommy Byrne, American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 1950; World Series 1949, 56; NY Yankees), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 2007)
- Recy Taylor, American civil rights activist and sexual assault victim, born in Abbeville, Alabama (d. 2017)
- Lynn Compton, American jurist (Sirhan Sirhan prosecutor) and commissioned officer (Easy Company, 101st Airborne), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2012)
- "The Great Invasion" sees a vast horde of Vandals, Alans, and Suebi cross the Rhine at Mainz, beginning the invasion of Gaul
- Record high barometric pressure (1083.8 mb, 32 inches) recorded at Agata in Siberia, Soviet Union; eclipsed in December 2001
- Congo-Brazzaville becomes People's republic, under major Ngouabi
- Test Cricket debut of Mohammad Azharuddin, v England at Calcutta
- US movie box office hits record $6.24 billion for year
- Hugh McElhenny, American Pro/College Football HOF halfback (University of Washington; 5 × First-team All-Pro; 6 × Pro Bowl; Minnesota Vikings, SF 49ers), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2022)
- Jerry Sturm, American football tackle (AFL All-Star 1964, 66; Denver Broncos, NO Saints), born in English, Indiana (d. 2020)
- Susan Shwartz, American author, born in Youngstown, Ohio
- Ellen Datlow, American editor, born in New York City
- Alex Salmond, Scottish politician (Scottish National Party) First Minister of Scotland (2007-14), born in Linlithgow, Scotland (d. 2024)
