Historical Events
- Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Marianne Moore
Famous Birthdays
- Ben Daniel Crenshaw, PGA golfer (1976 Bing Crosby), born in Austin, Texas
- Bille Brown, Australian actor and playwright
- Lee Ritenour, jazz musician, born in Los Angeles, California
- Massimo Lopez, Italian comedian
- Michael Forshaw, Australian politician
Famous Deaths
- Aureliano Pertile, Italian tenor, dies at 66
- Jean JM de Lattre de Tassigny, gen (N-Africa/Indo-China), dies at 61