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Herman Landon (pictured) commanded five different British Army divisions during the First World War. 
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| Since 1967 the state of Tamil Nadu in India has been ruled by Dravidian parties. |
| Prior to Interstate 410 and the Interstate Highway System, Texas State Highway Loop 13 was the primary loop around San Antonio. |
| Frederic A. Godcharles served as a Pennsylvania Representative and Senator, as director of its state library and museum, and wrote twelve volumes on its history. |
| Sariputra, one the two chief disciples of Gautama Buddha, is frequently featured in the Jatakas alongside Mahamoggallana and the Buddha in their past lives. |
| The Nguyen Than Hien and Nguyen Thuong Hien were among the leaders of the Quang Phuc Hoi, the first anti-colonial revolutionary group to advocate a republic for Vietnam. |
| The Milion (pictured) of Constantinople was the origin of all the roads into the European cities of the Byzantine Empire. |
| The February 9, 1918 Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was a peace treaty between the Ukrainian People's Republic and the Central Powers that helped clear Bolshevik forces from Ukraine. |
| A study by the University of Salford concluded that the high density of high-rise buildings in Salford has "a dramatic influence on the region's weather patterns", in particular by encouraging drizzle. |
| That The Monkees' 1967 hit Pleasant Valley Sunday was named for a street in West Orange, New Jersey, where the song's authors, Gerry Goffin and Carole King, lived. |
| The 1945 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours included peerages for the heads of the British armed services of World War II and the first awards of the newly inaugurated Defence Medal. |
| softball pitcher Vicki Morrow was named Big Ten Player of the Year in 1987 after winning 26 games, including 18 shutouts, and striking out 446 batters. |
| John Duncan, a Scottish Presbyterian theologian and missionary, was affectionately known as "Rabbi", due to his knowledge of Hebrew and his passion for the Jewish people. |
| Aaron Burr, Alexander Hamilton, and George Washington all visited the Yelverton Inn (pictured) in Chester, New York. |
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