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British economist Gilbert Slater suggested in the Madras Legislative Council that a committee be appointed to investigate the introduction of a common script for the Madras Presidency. 
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| The "secret university" largely organised by Frank Bell in a World War II POW camp taught subjects as diverse as Urdu, pig-farming, civics and chess. |
| In 1906 The New York Times praised The Langham apartment building, noting among its modern amenities "real ice". |
| The typical Amsterdammertjes (pictured) that line the streets of Amsterdam will be gradually removed. |
| The 1957 Polish legislative elections, only 723 of 60,000 candidates were allowed to run. |
| Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter was the first of its kind in Hong Kong. |
| Hypancistrus is a genus of catfish with suckermouths, including popular aquarium fish such as the zebra pleco. |
| pharmacist Sir Hugh Linstead introduced the British Act of Parliament which criminalised cannabis cultivation. |
| It is unclear whether Church of St Abamūn in 13th century Busiris was dedicated to Abamun of Tarnut or Abāmūn of Tukh. |
| The earliest known examples of polyphonic music, dating from the 9th century, are written in Daseian notation. |
| Belgium's Carnival of Binche (pictured), which features a "battle of confetti", is the culmination of a build-up lasting 50 days. |
| NASA conducts field trials, called Desert RATS, for new technologies for manned exploration of the surface of the Moon, Mars, or beyond. |
| The modern meaning of "ballad", a slow, sentimental tune or love song, often written in a fairly standardized form, came about from Tin Pan Alley and Broadway composers. |
| Leela Majumdar, author of children's books, translated Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels and Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea into Bengali. |
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