Famous Birthdays
- Cameron Rusby, British Vice-Admiral
- Dame Gillian Lynne [Pyrke], British dancer, choreographer and actress, known for Broadway work on "Cats" and "The Phantom of the Opera," born in Bromley, Kent (d. 2018)
- Edgar Meuli, cricketer (opened NZ batting in Test v South Africa 1953)
- Kenneth H Olsen, American engineer/founder (Digital Equipment Corp)
- Richard Matheson, American author, (d. 2013)
- Robert Eugene Richards, Ill, pole vaulter (Olympic gold 1948, 52, 56)