Vertiginous is a formal adjective used to describe something that causes or is likely to cause a feeling of dizziness especially because of great height.
☰Thought of the Day
"You make a choice: continue living your life feeling muddled in this abyss of self-misunderstanding, or you find your identity independent of it. You draw your own box." - Meghan Markle
- Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici [Piero the Unfortunate], Italian ruler of Florence (1492-94), born in Florence, Republic of Florence (d. 1503)
- Richard Würz, German composer, and music critic, born in Munich, Germany (d. 1965)
- Semyon Bogatyrev, Russian and Soviet musicologist and composer (completed a symphony abandoned by Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky), born in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Russian Empire (d. 1960)
- Georges Auric, French composer (one of Les Six), born in Lodève, Hérault, France (d. 1983)
- (Thomas) Hale Boggs, American politician (US Representative from Louisiana, 1947-73), born in Long Beach, Mississippi (d. 1972)
- John B. Anderson, American politician and 1980 Republican presidential candidate, born in Rockford, Illinois (d. 2017)
- Ole Ellefsæter, Norwegian cross-country skier (Olympic gold 50km and 4×10km relay 1968; World C'ship gold 4×10km relay 1966), born in Furnes, Norway (d. 2022)
- Jock Hobbs, New Zealand rugby union flanker and captain (21 Tests; Canterbury RU; Chairman NZRFU 2002-10), born in Christchurch, New Zealand (d. 2012)
- St. Louis, Missouri founded as a French trading post by Pierre Laclède
- New Jersey becomes last northern state to abolish slavery
- Freighter with dynamite explodes in Phang Nga Thailand, 120 die
- Daily market volatility as Hussein mentions withdrawal, but Bush calls his offer a "cruel hoax"
- German figure skaters Aliona Savchenko and Bruno Massot set new ISU best free skating score of 159.31 on their way to pairs gold medal at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics
- Alexander Stuart Webb, American Union general (medal for gallantry at Battle of Gettysburg), born in New York City (d. 1911)
- Sax Rohmer [Arthur Henry Sarsfield Ward], English author (Dr Fu Manchu novels), born in Birmingham, England (d. 1959)
- Harold Beeley, British diplomat to the Arab world, born in Manchester, England (d. 2001)
- Yelena Bonner, Soviet dissident and wife of Andre Sakharov, born in Merv, Turkmenistan, Soviet Union (d. 2011)
- Axelle Red [Fabienne Demal], Belgian pop and soul singer-songwriter ("Sensualité", "Parce que c'est toi"),human rights activist, and UNICEF ambassador, born in Hasselt, Belgium
