Historical Events
- Indian state of Andhra Pradesh partitioned from Madras
- KJEO TV channel 47 in Fresno, CA (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting
- KYTV TV channel 3 in Springfield, MO (NBC) begins broadcasting
- WATE TV channel 6 in Knoxville, TN (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
- WREX TV channel 13 in Rockford, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting
Famous Birthdays
- Grete Waitz, Norwegian marathon runner and former world record holder who in 1979 became the 1st woman to run the marathon in under 2 1/2 hours, born in Oslo, Norway (d. 2011)
- John Hegley, British poet
- Pete Falcone, American baseball player