Other events of the day: 1736 - Mikhail Lomonosov enrolled at the University of Marburg in Germany.
1814 - Adolf Sachs, inventor of the saxophone, was born.
1860 - Abraham Lincoln was elected the 16th president of the United States.
1880 - Charles Laverne discovered the cause of malaria.
1887 - Scottish football club Celtic is founded.
1906 - The first Lithuanian opera "Birot" was staged in Vilnius.
1932 - The Dynamo factory produced the first Soviet-designed electric locomotive VL19.
1943 - The soldiers of the 1st Ukrainian Front liberated Kiev.
1957 - The country's first eternal flame was lit at the Field of Mars in Leningrad.
1960 - The first stage of the metro in Kyiv opens.
Constitution Day - Tajikistan.
Constitution Day of the Republic of Tatarstan.
Day of liberation of Kyiv from the Nazi invaders.
Workers' Day in Baku Metro - Azerbaijan.
Swedish Culture Day (Swedish Day) - Finland Labor Day in the Ministry of Labor and Penal System Regime - Russia.
National Nachos Day - USA.
Fountain Pen Day - USA.
National Basketball Day - USA.
National Team Manager's Day - USA.
National Code Day for Women's Studies - Canada.
Familial Chlomicronemia Syndrome Awareness Day.