Historical Events
- Cor Klint swims world record 200 m backstroke (2:38.8)
- USSR drops diplomatic relations with Finland
Famous Birthdays
- Gennadiy Volnov, USSR, basketball player (Olympic gold 1972)
- Meco [Domenico Monardo], American musician and record producer (Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk), born in Johnsonburg, Pennsylvania
- Peter Bergman, American comedian, (d. 2012)
Famous Deaths
- Philipp Scheidemann, German politician (SPD) and Mayor of Kassel, dies at 74