Historical Events
- 1st patent for a tree issued to James Markham for a peach tree
Famous Birthdays
- Aharon Appelfeld, Israeli writer, born in Jadova Commune, Kingdom of Romania
- Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, President of Sierra Leone
- Gretchen Wyler, American actress, dancer and animal rights activist (Silk Stockings), born in Bartlesville, Oklahoma (d. 2007)
- Harry Goz, American musical theatre actor and voice actor, born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 2003)
- Nand Baert, Belgian radio/TV-host
- Otis Blackwell, composer/singer
Famous Deaths
- Ferdinand Buisson, French pacifist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1841)