Historical Events
- Baseball Attendance hits record 10.28 million (Tigers 1.28 is highest)
Famous Birthdays
- Jim Palmer, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles 1965-1984), born in NYC, New York
- Steven Camacho, West Indian cricketer (WI batsman early seventies), born in Georgetown, Demerara, British Guiana (d. 2015)
Famous Deaths
Pierre Laval
Pierre Laval, Prime Minister of France (1931-32 and 1935-36) and Head of Vichy France (1942-44), executed by firing squad for high treason at 62
Pierre Laval