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Charles Calhoun (pictured), the first Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard, served in the United States Navy during World War II before enlisting in the Coast Guard. 
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| The Tang Dynasty chancellor/general Pei Du swore to Emperor Xianzong that he would not return to the capital Chang'an unless the warlord Wu Yuanji was destroyed. |
| Edwards Dam in Maine was the first United States hydroelectric dam to be removed against the dam owner's wishes. |
| As much as a third of Niger's rural population travels as temporary labor during the seasonal migration in Niger between January and April, to avoid the Sahel dry season. |
| Ramsey's Draft Wilderness, a designated wilderness area in the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests of Virginia, was established in 1984. |
| In 1980, planktologist Grethe Rytter Hasle was the only female representative of natural sciences in the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. |
| The first printing press in the Americas started operations in 1539 in a house in Mexico City that is still standing. |
| The Blue Serpent Clock Egg is the first Tsar Imperial Fabergé egg to feature a working clock. |
| The 1788 Old Brick Church (pictured) in Fairfield County, South Carolina, is called the "mother church" of the ARP Church in the state. |
| professional wrestlers and real-life best friends Jonny Storm and Jody Fleisch feuded with each other, before winning a tag team championship together. |
| The Norwegian legation in Stockholm increased its staff from four to about 1,100 from 1940 to 1945. |
| After Arthur Richman chose Joe Torre as Yankees manager, skeptical owner George Steinbrenner asked Richman if Richman knew what he was doing, to which Richman responded "If I don't, fire me". |
| While there are over 1,300 Iron Age hill forts in England, Kelsborrow Castle is one of only seven in Cheshire. |
| Governor of Indiana Samuel M. Ralston declared martial law in Indianapolis to end a workers strike in November 1913. |
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