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The former Indian Deputy Prime Minister LK Advani famously promoted a Indo-Pakistani confederation, asserting that the partition was mutually harmful. 
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| Although it is commonly referred to as Fort Detroit, the fort William Hull surrendered to the British without a fight during the War of 1812 was actually named Fort Lernoult. |
| The Spanish military engineer Julio Cervera Baviera, a veteran of the Spanish-American War, pioneered radio technology in his native country. |
| Arumuga Navalar, a Hindu revivalist, also helped translate the Bible into Tamil. |
| Despite sweeping the elimination round of the 2007 UAAP men's basketball tournament, the University of the East was still beaten by De La Salle University-Manila 2-0 in the finals series. |
| Louis Pienaar was the last Administrator-General of South West Africa before Namibian independence was declared in 1990. |
| In 1956, the New York Times ran a front-page story featuring Winston H. Bostick's "plasma gun". |
| bibliographers determined that Edward Allde had printed early editions of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet by comparing damaged type used in his other works. |
| In 1966, Heinz Waaske created the smallest 135 film camera made to that date, the Rollei 35 (pictured). |
| One of the first discoveries of atmospheric neutrinos was made at India's Kolar Gold Fields. |
| In eighteen years, baritone William Walker performed over 360 times at New York's Metropolitan Opera. |
| The city of Sapporo has the only beer museum in Japan. |
| Technology from 18th-century France and China was used to improve the economy of Mysore kingdom. |
| British MP Arthur Allen became Sir Stafford Cripps' assistant right after defeating Cripps' nephew in an election. |
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