Historical Events
- "In the Jailhouse Now" single recorded by Webb Pierce (Billboard Song of the Year 1955)
- "Kismet" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 583 performances
Republican Party
Eisenhower criticizes McCarthy for saying communists are in the Republican Party
Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Premier of Dmitri Shostakovitch' 5th String Quartet
Famous Birthdays
- Franz Klammer, Austrian downhill skier (Olympic gold 1976)
- Robert Guediguian, French director (The Snows of Kilimanjaro), born in Marseille, France