Historical Events
- White Sox Earl Sheely hits a record 6th consecutive double
Famous Birthdays
- Dan Perlsweig, horse trainer
- Joseph Horovitz, composer
- Rick Jason [Richard Jacobson], American actor (Day of the Wolves, Eagles Attack at Dawn), born in NYC, New York (d. 2000)
- Robert Creeley, Mass, poet/novelist (Island)
Famous Deaths
- Georgy Catoire, Russian composer, dies at 65
- Ronald Arthur A Firbank, British writer (Prancing Nigger), dies at 40