Historical Events
- (ITV) Commercial TV begins in UK; meanwhile on BBC radio Grace Archer is killed in a barn fire on Brookfield Farm - the BBC denies this was a spoiler
- -28] Hurricane Janet, kills 500 in Caribbean
Famous Birthdays
- Jeffrey Leonard, Major League baseball player
- Jerry Anderson, Canadian Tour golfer (Quebec Open-1982, 83), born in Montreal, Quebec
- John Brennan, American Director of the CIA, born in North Bergen, New Jersey