Comstock Lode noun: A rich supply or source, especially one that seems inexhaustible.
☰Thought of the Day
"No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man’s and yet as mortal as his own." - H.G. Wells, from The War of the Worlds
- William T. Stead, British newspaper editor (The Pall Mall Gazette - exposed child prostitution), born in Embleton, England (d. 1912)
- Nathaniel Niles, American tennis player (US Open mixed doubles 1908; US Open men's singles 1917 runner-up) and figure skater (US C'ship gold singles 1918, 25, 27), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1932)
- Bernardus Johannes Alfrink, Dutch cardinal of Utrecht Netherlands, born in Nijkerk, Netherlands (d. 1987)
- W. M. Diggelmann, Swiss writer (appeared in The self-destruction of W. M. Diggelmann), born in Zurich, Switzerland (d. 1979)
- Tony Lock, English cricket spin bowler (49 Tests, 174 wickets, BB 7/35, 2 x 50; Surrey CCC, Western Australia, Leicestershire CCC), born in Limpsfield, England (d. 1995)
- Philip Madoc, Welsh actor (The Life and Times of David Lloyd George), born in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales (d. 2012)
- Michael McNabb, American contemporary instrumental and electroacoustic composer (Dreamsong; Invisible Cities), born in Salinas, California
- Michael Gismondi, American rock bassist (Michael Stanley Band, 1979-87), born in Youngstown, Ohio
- German consul-general Gustav Nachtigal takes possession of Cameroon
- Jack Gelber's "Connection" premieres in NYC
- Mongolia adopts constitution
- KUSD TV channel 2 in Vermillion, SD (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 80 die in collisions in Algiers
- Antonio Maria Pacchioni, Baroque composer, baptized in Modena, Duchy of Modena and Reggio (d. 1738)
- Willem Drees, Dutch politician (co-founder of the Labour Party (PvdA); Prime Minister, 1948-58), known as "Daddy Drees", born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1988)
- Ernst Mayr, German-American biologist (evolutionary theory), born in Kempten, Bavaria, Germany (d. 2005)
- Diane Andersen, Danish-Belgian concert pianist, born in Copenhagen, Denmark
- Chris Gratton, Canadian NHL center (Canada World C'ships gold 1997; Tampa Bay Lightning), born in Brantford, Ontario