Historical Events
- Dutch government of Drees resigns
Famous Birthdays
- Bill Paxton, actor (True Lies, Big Love), born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 2017)
Famous Deaths
- Alan Fairfax, cricketer (10 Tests for Australia 1928-31), dies
- Francesco Balilla Pratella, composer, dies at 75
- Leslie Hylton, cricketer (West Indies quickie 1939), hung for murder