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When George I became King of England in 1714, his wife did not become Queen. He placed her under house arrest for 32 years. 
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| A Royal Command Performance of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Gondoliers was held before Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle in 1891. |
| The New York Islanders's 2009–10 season will be the franchise's 38th season in the National Hockey League. |
| Sverre Mitsem wrote the column "SORRY" in Norway's Aftenposten from 1946 to 1996, the year he turned 89 years old. |
| Israel's Kfar Shaul Mental Health Center, known for its association with Jerusalem Syndrome, was built on the site of a 1947 massacre. |
| Specific ion Interaction Theory is a theory used to estimate single-ion activity coefficients in electrolyte solutions at relatively high concentrations. |
| Joseph Anthony directed The Rainmaker, its 1956 film adaptation, and the musical version 110 in the Shade. |
| The Ceylon Tree Nymph (pictured) is the largest butterfly of the Danaidae family in Sri Lanka. |
| Prescott, Arizona, Mayor Sam Steiger was criminally prosecuted for painting a crosswalk between the local courthouse and the saloons on Whiskey Row. |
| Dublin's Windmill Lane Studios is regularly visited by tourists wishing to view the U2-inspired graffiti adorning the walls. |
| The current minister at the First Presbyterian Church in Marcellus, New York, was ordained in 1956. |
| The 1979 Australian vampire-science fiction film Thirst drew influence from sources as diverse as Elizabeth Báthory and Soylent Green. |
| The satellite GPS IIR-1, intended to become part of the United States Air Force Global Positioning System, was destroyed 13 seconds after launch. |
| masked wrestler Dos Caras, Jr. only defended the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship four times in 533 days. |
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