auspicate verb tr.: To begin an undertaking, especially with a ceremony intended to bring good luck.
☰Thought of the Day
"For to be possessed of a vigorous mind is not enough; the prime requisite is rightly to apply it." - René Descartes, from A Discource on Method, preface, pt1.
- James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin and Kincardine and Governor (Jamaica), born in London (d. 1863)
- Maurice Gilliams, Belgian writer and poet (Maria's Life), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1982)
- Heinie Manush, American Baseball HOF left fielder (MLB All-Star 1934 Washington Sens; AL batting champion 1926 Detroit Tigers), born in Tuscumbia, Alabama (d. 1971)
- Robert D. Maurer, American scientist and co-inventor of optical fiber, born in St. Louis, Missouri
- Pavel Kohout, Czech-Austrian playwright (Poor Murderer), poet, novelist (I Am Snowing), and dissident (Charter 77), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia
- Cormac McCarthy, American Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist (The Road, All the Pretty Horses; No Country for Old Men), born in Providence, Rhode Island (d. 2023)
- Natalie Wood [Zacharenko], American actress (Miracle on 34th Street; Gypsy; Rebel Without A Cause; West Side Story), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1981)
- Keiko Matsuzaka, Japanese actress (The Sting of Death, The Gate of Youth), born in Tokyo, Japan
- Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Stirling Castle - King Edward I of England takes the last rebel stronghold of the war
- Treaty of Nettuno between Italy and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes (later Yugoslavia) is signed but is only ratified in 1928
- Legion of Merit Medal authorized by US congress
- Lou Thesz beats Bill Longson, to become NWA wrestling champion
- Hacker group Impact Team announces they have hacked the married dating site Ashley Madison
- Jakob Zeugheer, Swiss composer, born in Zürich, Switzerland (d. 1865)
- José Vicente Asuar, Chilean electronic music composer, born in Santiago, Chile (d. 2017)
- M. Stanton Evans, American cultural commentator, chairman of the American Conservative Union (1971-77) and writer (The Sharon Statement), born in Kingsville, Texas (d. 2015)
- Jake Scott, American College Football Hall of Fame safety (Uni of Georgia; 5×Pro Bowl; 2×First-team All-Pro; Super Bowl 1972 [MVP], 73; Miami Dolphins), born in Greenwood, South Carolina (d. 2020)
- Haakon Magnus, Crown Prince of Norway, born in Oslo, Norway
