Uranus and some of its moons
- 1876 – Alexander Graham Bell made his first successful bi-directional telephone call, saying, "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you."
- 1915 – First World War: The Battle of Neuve Chapelle opened, the first deliberately planned British offensive of the war.
- 1952 – Facing likely electoral defeat, former Cuban President Fulgencio Batista staged a coup d'état to resume control.
- 1977 – Astronomers using NASA's Kuiper Airborne Observatory discovered a faint planetary ring system (pictured) around Uranus.
- 2005 – Tung Chee-hwa, the first Chief Executive of Hong Kong, announced his resignation following widespread dissatisfaction with his leadership.
Agnes Blannbekin (d. 1315) · Lillian Wald (b. 1867)
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