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40th U.S. President Ronald Reagan was born in an apartment above a 19th century commercial building (pictured) in downtown Tampico, Illinois. 
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| Maiden Castle, an Iron Age hill fort in Cheshire, is so-called because it is thought never to have been taken in battle. |
| Charles Dickens used his father John Dickens as his inspiration for the character of Mr Micawber in his novel David Copperfield. |
| The first official airmail stamp (pictured) issued for an airmail flight was in May 1917 when Poste italiane overprinted their existing special delivery stamps. |
| The flag of New Mexico is designed after the Zia tribe's symbol. |
| Frithjof Sælen was known for the book Snorri the Seal, banned during the German occupation of Norway for being a subtle satire on Nazi Germany. |
| British politicians Sir Peter Fry and William Howie, Baron Howie of Troon served as consultants to political research company Parliamentary Monitoring Services. |
| Passengers mourned the closure of the Wolverton to Newport Pagnell Line so much that they poured a bucket of water over a double dressed as Richard Beeching, associated with closure of British railway lines in the 1960s. |
| The final results of the 1940 elections to the People's Parliaments in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania were published in London before the voting booths closed. |
| Oil extracted from the common prickly-ash Zanthoxylum americanum has been used to treat "chronic rheumatism, typhoid and skin diseases and impurity of the blood". |
| When Alaska Governor Sarah Palin resigns on July 26, 2009, Craig Campbell (pictured) will become the new Lieutenant Governor of Alaska. |
| The motivation behind the assassination attempt against Sri Lankan President J. R. Jayawardene in 1987 was his signing of the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord a few weeks before. |
| In the penalty shootout during the London Senior Cup final 2009, Serge Makofo was the only player to score for Croydon Athletic. |
| Vice-Admiral Sydney Fremantle was assigned to guard the German High Seas Fleet, but had taken his ships out on exercises when the German fleet was scuttled in Scapa Flow. |
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