Events in History
- 1st radio-transmission of wireless: Mattheus Passion
- Child labor laws strengthened in Holland
Birthdays in History
- Geoffrey Johnson Smith, Scottish Conservative politician (1959-2001), born in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland (d. 2010)
- John Harvey-Jones, English businessman and chairman of ICI (1982-87), born in Hackney, London (d. 2008)