"The sea is everything. It covers seven-tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and healthy." - Jules Verne, from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
- Paul Siefert, German composer and organist, born in Danzig, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (d. 1666)
- Heinrich Albert, German composer (Arien oder Melodien), and poet, born in Lobenstein, Imperial County of Reuss, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1651)
- John Wesley, English Christian theologian and co-founder of the Methodist movement, born in Epworth, England (d. 1791)
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau, French philosopher, political theorist, and writer (Confessions) whose works inspired French Revolution leaders and Romantic academics, born in Geneva, Switzerland (d. 1778)
- Oley Speaks, American composer (On the Road to Mandalay), born in Canal Winchester, Ohio (d. 1948)
- Roy Gilchrist, West Indian cricket fast bowler (13 Tests, 57 wickets; Jamaica, Hyderabad), born in St Thomas, Jamaica (d. 2001)
- John Byner, American actor (Transylvania 6-5000) and comedian, born in New York City
- Klaus von Klitzing, German physicist (discovery of the integer quantum Hall effect, Nobel 1985), born in Schroda, Reichsgau Posen, Germany
- Sigma Chi Fraternity is founded at Miami University
- Amsterdam typographer strike
- MLB Brooklyn Robins blow 7-0 lead, as Phillies win 8-7 at the Baker Bowl in Philadelphia
- British begin airlift “Operation Plainfare” to West Berlin
- Boy band Seventeen are the first K-pop group to play the main Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury
- Luciano Gallet, Brazilian pianist, composer, conductor, and educator, born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (d. 1931)
- Paul-Emile Victor, French polar explorer, ethnologist, and writer (La civilisation du phoque), born in Geneva, Switzerland (d. 1995)
- Mike Skinner, American auto racer (NASCAR SuperTruck Series 1995; Daytona 500 pole and Winston Cup Series Rookie of the Year 1997), born in Susanville, California
- Anisoara Stanciu-Cusmir, Romanian long jumper (Olympic gold 1984), born in Brăila, Romania
- Maui Taylor, Filipino model and actress (Kool Ka Lang), born in Brighton, England