Historical Events
- 1st (German) poison gas attack, against Russians
Famous Birthdays
- Alan Lomax, American musicologist (d. 2002)
- Bobby Hackett, American jazz cornetist and orchestra leader (Air time '57), born in Providence, Rhode Island (d. 1976)
- Garry Moore, [Thomas Garrison Morfit], Balt, host (I've Got a Secret)
Thomas Merton
Thomas Merton, French-American Catholic writer and Trappist monk (7 Story Mountain), born in Prades, Pyrénées-Orientales, France
Thomas Merton
- William Crosbie, artist