David George was born of Welsh parents in Manchester, England. His father was a school teacher who died soon after David was born. His mother moved back to Wales near her brother whose influence on him moved David to add his surname of Lloyd to his own.  Raised and educated in Wales as a Welsh speaker, he became a solicitor before entering politics with the Liberal Party.  He became Prime Minister and led Britain during the First World War.  He died in 1945.  (By John Osborne) 

 Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the Modern Olympic Games, was born in Paris to an aristocratic family of Italian origins.  He was educated at Jesuit school and briefly became a lawyer before taking up a career in educational reform.  His travels to England and later to the United States convinced him of the value of sports in building character and in 1894 he achieved his long held goal of reviving the Games.  He died in 1937.  (By John Osborne)

Twenty-two year old Gerard Adriaan Heineken invested his inheritance in the purchase of the three hundred year old Den Hoyberg (the Haystack) Brewery in Amsterdam and began the brewing of what was to become one of the world's most recognizable brands of beer. The company and its subsidiaries by 2008 operated 125 breweries in seventy countries and sold over more than 200 brands of beer around the world.  (By John Osborne)

The experimental Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley, 40 feet long with a crew of eight using hand cranks for propulsion, had been undergoing extensive trials in Charleston Harbor for use against the Union blockade.  After several disasters while submerging, she was restricted to surface running but was able under cover of darkness to sink the U.S.S. Housatonic, the first ship lost to a submarine, but was lost with all hands in the attack. (By John Osborne) 

After a fatal training accident six weeks before, the experimental Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley, 40 feet long with a crew of eight using hand cranks for propulsion, was raised and had resumed its trials in Charleston Harbor for possible use against the Union blockade.  Disaster again struck, though, when the vessel failed to surface, drowning all aboard, including its designer, H.L. Hunley. (By John Osborne)