Historical Events
US Men's Tennis Open
US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: 1939 champion Bobby Riggs beats Frank Kovacs 5-7, 6-1, 6-3, 6-3
Bobby Riggs
- US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Sarah Palfrey Cooke beats fellow American Pauline Betz Addie 7-5, 6-2; sweeps all 3 women's titles
Famous Birthdays
- Mogoboya Noko Nelson Ramodike, South African politician in Lebowa (d. 2012)