Famous Birthdays
- Irwin Bazelon, composer (Duo for Viola), born in Evanston, Illinois
- John McNamara, baseball player
- John West, vice chancellor (Bradford University)
- Samuel Lee Gravely Jr., American naval officer, First African American fleet commander, born in Richmond, Virginia (d. 2004)
Famous Deaths
- William Halse Rivers, British psychologist/anthropologist, dies