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| After decades as an anarcho-syndicalist, Maksim Rayevsky suddenly left the anarchist movement and went to work for the Soviet government. |
| The first successful flat panel display, the Aiken tube, was originally developed as an interactive plotting table for U.S. Navy anti-submarine helicopters. |
| Before a cavalry charge, Charles A. May told his soldiers, "Remember your Regiment and follow your officers!", which today remains a motto of the 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment. |
| Phú Xuân was the capital of the Nguyễn Lords, the Tây Sơn Dynasty and the Nguyễn Dynasty. |
| Waldschmidt Hall at the University of Portland in Oregon is the oldest building on campus, and older than the school. |
| linguist Trygve Knudsen was co-editor of the dictionary Norsk Riksmålsordbok from 1925 until its completion in 1957. |
| Koko Guyot, an underwater volcano in the Hawaiian volcanic chain, was named for the 58th emperor of Japan, Emperor Koko. |
| Michigan's All-American quarterback Archie Weston (pictured) was once tackled during a game by an irate female fan. |
| Author Jeanette Winterson was upset at being asked to rewrite the ending of her 1994 film Great Moments in Aviation. |
| KHSN, one of Oregon's first radio stations, began broadcasting in 1928. |
| At age 61, Ludvig Munk fathered Kirsten Munk with whom King Christian IV entered into a morganatic marriage. |
| Herbert Kisza owns one of the largest private one-artist galleries in Central Europe in Kadaň, Czech Republic. |
| The 1998–99 NBA lockout forced the cancellation of 464 regular-season National Basketball Association games. |
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