Historical Events
- 1st US opera telecast, W2XBS, NYC, I Pagliacci
Famous Birthdays
Chuck Norris
Chuck Norris [Carlos Ray], American martial arts actor (Missing in Action), born in Ryan, Oklahoma
Chuck Norris
- David Rabe, Dubuque Iowa, playwright (Streamers)
- Dean Torrence, surf music singer (Jan & Dean-Little Old Lady), born in Los Angeles, California
- Francis Schwartz, composer
Famous Deaths
- Louis de Vries, Dutch actor (Blokkade, Ghetto, Merchant of Venice), dies at 68
- Mikhaïl Boulgakov, Russian writer (b. 1891)