Famous Birthdays
- Colin Meads, New Zealand rugby player
- David Nicholls, priest/theologian/political theorist
- Harry Pitt, vice chancellor (Reading University)
- Larry McMurtry, US scriptwriter (Lonesome Dove, Pulitzer 1986), born in Archer City, Texas
- Philip J Attenborough, CEO/publisher (Hodder & Stoughton)
Famous Deaths
- Clara Noyes, American nurse (head of the American Red Cross WW1), dies from a heart attack at 66