Historical Events
- "High Button Shoes" closes at Century Theater NYC after 727 performances
- "Red Barber's Clubhouse" sports show premieres on CBS (later NBC) TV
- Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Louise Brough beats fellow American Margaret Osborne duPont 10-8, 1-6, 10-8 for the second of 3 straight Wimbledon titles
Famous Birthdays
- Hanno Pöschl, Austrian actor
- Roy Bittan, American piano player (E Street Band), born in Belle Harbor, Queens, New York City
Famous Deaths
- Georgi Dimitrov, Bulgaria premier (1946-49), dies at 67