Historical Events
- Nobel for chemistry awarded to Harold C Urey (deuterium)
Famous Birthdays
- Joanna Barnes, actress (Parent Trap, Spartacus, Goodbye Charlie), born in Boston, Massachusetts
- Peter Dickinson, English composer, born in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire
Famous Deaths
- Anton Dreesmann, German-Dutch manufacturer (Vroom & Dreesman), dies at 80