Famous Birthdays
- Dorothy Schiff, American owner and publisher (NY Post), born in NYC, New York (d. 1989)
- George Dickinson, cricketer (bowled for NZ in their 1st 3 Tests)
- J. Franklin Hyde, American inventor (created silica), born in Solvay, New York (d. 1999)
- Lawrence Welk, American accordionist and orchestra leader (Lawrence Welk Show), born in Strasburg, North Dakota (d. 1992)
- Ronald Syme, New Zealand classicist and historian, born in Eltham, New Zealand (d. 1989)