Famous Birthdays
- Alcides Lanza, composer
- Frederic Devreese, composer
- Ken McGregor, Australian tennis player
- Norton Juster, American author, architect and children's author (The Dot and the Line), born in New York City
- Willaim Brown, television executive
Famous Deaths
- Charles Coventry, cricketer (13 runs in 2 Tests Eng v S Af 1889), dies