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The Siamese method (example pictured) is a simple method for creating magic squares, which was brought to France in 1688 following Simon de la Loubère's embassy to Siam. 
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| The Washington & Jefferson College football team played the heavily favored California Golden Bears to a 0–0 tie in the 1922 Rose Bowl. |
| In the Brazilian kidnapping of Abílio dos Santos Diniz the kidnappers were of various nationalities, including two Canadian university students. |
| Downloads from the Microsoft Update Catalog are accelerated with Microsoft's Background Intelligent Transfer Service, a technology that attempts to use as little bandwidth as possible. |
| Many of the remaining willows of the Willow Palisade were cut by the Russian and Japanese troops during the Russo-Japanese War. |
| Lawrence "Chubby" Woodman is credited with inventing deep fried clams in 1916 at his clam shack that became Woodman's of Essex (sign pictured). |
| George Evans won his first of three Colonial Athletic Association Men's Basketball Player of the Year awards as a 28-year-old sophomore. |
| The Central Europe Pipeline System, or CEPS for short, consists of around 6000 km of pipeline to deliver fuel for military and civilian use. |
| as Fighter Project Officer for the United States Army Air Corps, Ben Kelsey crashed two P-38 Lightning aircraft including the only prototype built. |
| Las fuerzas extrañas, Lugones' least successful work at the time, is now considered to be key in the development of the science fiction and fantasy genres in Argentina. |
| Actors Brent Barrett, Sally Mayes, Richard Muenz, and Lynne Wintersteller all starred in the original production of Maltby and Shire's hit Off-Broadway musical Closer Than Ever in 1989. |
| Brawn GP's one-two finish at the 2009 Australian Grand Prix made it the first Formula One team to do so on debut at a Grand Prix since 1954. |
| the turtle is a symbol of steadfastness and tranquility in religion, mythology and folklore around the world. |
| The Matsushiro Underground Imperial Headquarters (pictured) was a bunker designed to be used by Japanese Imperial General Headquarters to direct forces against the Allied invasion of Japan. |
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