Historical Events
- Dutch resistance fighter Hannie Schaft re-buried in presence of Queen Wilhelmina
Event of Interest
Gen George Marshall named special US envoy to China
George Marshall
- Trial against NSB-leader Mussert begins
Famous Birthdays
- Alain de Cadenet, SPEED Channel personality
- Barbara Anderson, actress (Eve-Ironside, Mission Impossible), born in Brooklyn, New York
- James Avery, Pughsville, Virginia, actor (Fresh Prince of Bell Air), (d. 2013)
- Randy Brecker, American jazz and fusion trumpeter (Brecker Brothers), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania