Events
- International Workers’ Day [International Workers' Day]
- Spongebob SquarePants introduced on Nickelodeon [1999]
- Planet Pluto named [1930]
- First in-flight cooked meal [1927]
- First adhesive stamp issued – Penny Black [1840]
- Illuminati established by Adam Weishaupt [1776]
- Carl Linnaeus publishes Species Plantarum [1753]
Important Celebrations and Functions
Birthdays
- Phil Foglio [1956]
American cartoonist and comic book artist - Joseph Heller [1923]
Author of 'Catch-22' - J. Allen Hynek [1910]
American astronomer, ufologist and designer of the 'Close Encounter' classification system
Death Anniversaries
- Radhia Cousot [2014]
Co-inventor of Abstract interpretation - Jukka Tapanimäki [2000]
Computer programmer who created several games for the Commodore 64 - John Walker [1859]
Independent inventor of friction matches