- Hadrian, Roman Emperor (117-138) and builder of Hadrian's Wall, born in Italica (d. 138)
- Adam Jacoby Slemmer, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (d. 1868)
- Ken Weekes, West Indian cricket batsman (2 Tests, top score 137; first Test cricketer born in US), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1998)
- Marvin Creamer, American mariner, 1st recorded person to sail around the world without navigational instruments, born near Vineland, New Jersey (d. 2020)
- Dave Getz, American drummer (Big Brother and The Holding Company), born in Brooklyn, New York City
- Bart Gordon, American politician (Rep-D-TN, 1985-2011), born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee,
- William A. Henry III, American Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist (Boston Globe), arts critic (Time Magazine), and author, born in South Orange, New Jersey (d. 1994)
- Murray Sinclair, Canadian and Anishinaabe senator and lawyer, led the Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission, born in Selkirk, Manitoba (d. 2024)
- Benito Mussolini disallows non-fascist work union
- John Mills scores New Zealand's 1st Test century in cricket, sharing a record 276 run opening stand with Stewie Dempster
- First canned beer, "Krueger's Cream Ale," is sold by American company Krueger Brewing Co.
- US patent is awarded to inventor Percy Spencer for the microwave oven
- UK charity Presidents Club forced to close after revelations of sexual harassment at event revealed by the "Financial Times"
- Gustav III, King of Sweden (1771-92), born in Stockholm (d. 1792)
- Marguerite Durand, French journalist, feminist, and publisher (La Fronde), born in Paris, France (d. 1936)
- William Hudson, American actor (I Led 3 Lives), born in Gilroy, California (d. 1974)
- Michael Des Barres, British rock singer (Detective; Power Station), actor (MacGyver; The New WKRP in Cincinnati), and radio DJ, born in Hove, England
- Mark Eaton, American basketball center (NBA All-Star 1989; NBA Defensive Player of the Year 1985, 89; Utah Jazz), born in Westminster, California (d. 2021)