Historical Events
Film Release
"On the Waterfront", directed by Elia Kazan starring Marlon Brando and Eva Marie Saint, is released (Academy Awards Best Picture 1955)
Marlon Brando
- Ernest Bloch's 4th string quartet premieres
Famous Birthdays
- Bruce Abbott, American actor
- Gerd Faltings, German mathematician, born in Buer, Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Hugo Chávez
Hugo Chávez, President of Venezuela (1998-2013), born in Sabaneta, Barinas State, Venezuela (d. 2013)
Hugo Chávez
- Ken Margolis, rocker (Mink DeVille)
- Mikey Sheehy, Gaelic footballer
- Steve Morse, American rocker ( Dixie Dregs, Deep Purple), born in Hamilton, Ohio