- Aristide Farrenc, French flautist, music publisher, and musicologist (Trésor des pianistes), born in Marseilles, France (d. 1865)
- George Shepstone, South African cricket batsman (2 Tests; Transvaal), born in Pietermaritzberg, Natal, South Africa (d. 1940)
- Frank King, American cartoonist (Gasoline Alley), born in Cashton, Wisconsin (d. 1969)
- Sol Hurok, American theatrical impresario, born in Pogar, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1974)
- Michael Richardson, British investment banker and advisor to Margaret Thatcher known as "Mr Privatisation", born in London (d. 2003)
- Benjamin Stevenson, British-American ballet dancer, choreographer and artistic director (Houston Ballet, 1976-2003), born in Portsmouth, England (d. 2026)
- Viktor Chernomyrdin, Russian politician (Prime Minister of Russia), born in Chernyy Otrog, Russia (d. 2010)
- Geoff Palmer [Godfrey Palmer], Jamaican-British grain scientist, activist and the first Black professor in Scotland, born in St Elizabeth, Jamaica (d. 2025)
- Spanish Mendaña and Queirós Expedition departs Callao, Peru, led by Alvaro de Mendan accompanied by 378 men, women and children in four ships to colonise the Solomon Islands (find Marquesas instead)
- "World, the Flesh and the Devil," the first color film, is shown in London
- Otto Kerner, former governor of Illinois, convicted for his role in an illegal racetrack scheme
- Suicide car bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia kills at least 17, Al-Shabaab group claim responsibility
- Simon Harris becomes Ireland's youngest taoiseach at 37 after the resignation of Leo Varadkar
- Étienne Aignan, French writer, born in Beaugency, France (d. 1824)
- Rudolf Kattnigg, Austrian composer, born in Carinthia, Austria (d. 1955)
- Vincent O'Brien, Irish racehorse trainer (6 x Epsom Derby; 2 x British champion trainer; only British Triple Crown winner, Nijinsky 1970), born in Churchtown, Ireland (d. 2009)
- Alan Knott, English cricket wicket-keeper (1967-81), born in Belvedere, Kent
- Graeme Lloyd, Australian baseball pitcher (World Series 1996, 98 NY Yankees; Olympic silver 2004), born in Geelong, Australia
