Historical Events
- WATR (now WTXX) TV channel 20 in Waterbury, CT (NBC) begins
- WGEM TV channel 10 in Quincy-Hannibal, IL (NBC) begins broadcasting
Famous Birthdays
- Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs, American actor (Freddie-Welcome Back Kotter), born in New York City, New York
- Michael Stean, English chess grandmaster, born in London, United Kingdom