** Sergey Mikhalkov, Russian writer and lyricist ( d. 2009 )

** Sergey Brin, Soviet-born American entrepreneur, co-founder of Google

** Sergey Khlebnikov, Soviet speed skater ( d. 1999 )

** Sergey Mikhalkov, Russian lyricist ( d. 2009 )

** Men's champion: Sergey Nikolayevich Volkov, Soviet Union

** Vasily Ryabikov, defence industry official, co-head ( together with Sergey Korolev ) of the first Sputnik project

** Sergey Golovkin ( 1959-1996 ), a Russian serial killer known as " The Fisher "

** Mariss Jansons ( conductor ), Sergey Aleksashkin ; Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks ; Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks for Shostakovich: Sym.

** Quarterfinal: Lost to Sergey Kazakov of Russia ( 18-11 )

** Director General: Sergey Parenkov ( Пареньков Сергей Леонидович, b. 1961 )

** Sergey Ashikhmin

** Genome ( novel ), science fiction novel by Sergey Lukyanenko.

** Physics – Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa, Arno Allan Penzias, Robert Woodrow Wilson

** Alexander Sokolov, sculptor

** Heads of government of Angola ( see also: Prime Minister of Angola

** Heads of government of Burkina Faso ( see also: Prime Minister of Burkina Faso ')

** Prime Minister and Head of Government of Cameroon

** Heads of government of Cape Verde ( see also: Prime Minister of Cape Verde ')

** Prime Minister of Japan

** Prime Minister of Mongolia

** Prime Minister of Singapore

** Prime Minister of Vietnam

** Prime Minister of India

** Prime Minister of Armenia

** Prime Minister of Georgia

** Prime Minister of Israel

** Prime Minister of Russia

** Prime Minister of Ukraine

** Prime Minister of Finland

** Prime Minister of Sweden

** Prime Minister of Montenegro

** Prime Minister of Slovenia

** Vice Foreign Minister: Kim Kye Gwan

** Egyptian President Anwar Sadat becomes the first Arab leader to make an official visit to Israel, when he meets with Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, seeking a permanent peace settlement.

** Anthony Eden, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ( b. 1897 )

** Harold Wilson becomes British Prime Minister after leading the Labour Party to a narrow election win over the Tory government of Sir Alec Douglas-Home, which had been in power for 13 years and had four different leaders during that time.

** Ólafur Thors, Prime Minister of Iceland ( b. 1892 )

** Dr. Kwame Nkrumah is elected Prime Minister of the Gold Coast.

** In Malta, Prime Minister Dom Mintoff resigns.

** Ministers of Defence of Estonia

** Ministry of Defence ()

** Ten-Day War ( 1991 ) – a brief military conflict between Slovenian TO ( Slovenian Territorial Defence ) and the Yugoslav People's Army ( JNA ) following Slovenia's declaration of independence.

** In Ciskei, members of the Ciskei Defence Force loyal to dictator Oupa Gqozo open into a crowd of anti-Gqozo protestors organized by the African National Congress, killing at least 28 people and wounding nearly 200.

** Milltown Cemetery Attack: During the funeral of three Provisional IRA members in Milltown Cemetery in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Ulster Defence Association ( UDA ) member Michael Stone attacked the crowd with grenades and pistols, killing three and wounding over sixty.

** Recruitment begins in Britain for a home defence force: the Local Defence Volunteers, later known as the Home Guard.

** The Naval Defence Act dictates that the fleet strength of the British Royal Navy must be equal to that of at least any two other countries.

** In Northern Ireland, Protestant Ulster Defence Association Belfast leader John Gregg is killed by a loyalist faction.

** The body of David Kelly, a scientist at the Ministry of Defence, is found a few miles from his home, leading to the Hutton inquiry.

** Defence Signals Directorate ( DSD )

** Defence Intelligence Organisation ( DIO )

** Defence Imagery and Geospatial Organisation ( DIGO )

** Sabre Defence

** Pavel Grachev, Defence Minister of the Russian Federation ( b. 1948 )

** Stonewall Variation in the Dutch Defence

** Canal Defence Light

** Die Sturmgesellen: Ein Wort zur Abwehr (" Stormfellows: a Defence ", essay, 1903 )

** The Second World War: Defence of Arras, Ypres-Comines Canal, Dunkirk 1940, Somme 1940, St. Valery-en-Caux, Saar, Breville, Odon, Fontenay le Pesnil, Defence of Rauray, Caen, Falaise, Falaise Road, La Vie Crossing, Le Havre, Lower Maas, Venlo Pocket, Ourthe, Rhineland, Reichswald, Goch, Rhine, North-West Europe 1940 ' 44-45, Barkasan, British Somaliland 1940, Tobruk 1941, Tobruk Sortie, El Alamein, Advance on Tripoli, Medenine, Zemlet el Lebene, Mareth, Akarit, Wadi Akarit East, Djebel Roumana, Medjez Plain, Si Mediene, Tunis, North Africa 1941-43, Landing in Sicily, Vizzini, Sferro, Gerbini, Adrano, Sferro Hills, Sicily 1943, Cassino II, Liri Valley, Advance to Florence, Monte Scalari, Casa Fortis, Rimini Line, Casa Fabbri Ridge, Savio Bridgehead, Italy 1944-45, Athens, Greece 1944-45, Crete, Heraklion, Middle East 1941, Chindits 1944, Burma 1944

** William Bullein-Bullein's Bulwarke of Defence againste all Sicknes, Sornes, and Woundes

** 13 January 1957-14 October 1959 Minister of Defence

** Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management ( Te Rākau Whakamarumaru )

** Weather and Environmental Prediction and Services ( Defence Weather Services, Marine and Ice Services Ice Service ), National Weather Predictions, Weatheradio Canada, a national system of emergency weather broadcast transmitters )

** Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff