The Greenwich Time Signal is broadcast for the first time
United Artists is founded
Charlie Chaplin was one of the founders of the film studio United Artists when it was established.
The world’s first synthetic plastic is developed
Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland developed the world’s first synthetic plastic, which he named Bakelite. He announced his invention at a meeting of the American Chemical Society.
“Welcome Stranger” the largest-known gold nugget
Discovered at Moliagul in Victoria, Australia, and had a calculated refined weight of 71.081 kg.
The Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg opens to the publict of the United States
- 1985 Cristiano Ronaldo
Portuguese footballer - 1969 Michael Sheen
Welsh actor - 1900 Adlai Stevenson
American politician, 31st Governor of Illinois - 1878 André Citroën
French engineer, businessman, founded Citroën - 1840 John Boyd Dunlop
Scottish businessman, co-founded Dunlop Rubber
- 2010 Harry Schwarz
German/South African lawyer, politician, diplomat, 13th South African Ambassador to the United States - 2008 Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Indian guru - 1993 Joseph L. Mankiewicz
American director, screenwriter, producer - 1938 Hans Litten
German jurist - 1881 Thomas Carlyle
Scottish historian
