Historical Events
- Pirates & KC As cancel an exhibition game in Birmingham Alabama, because of local ordinance barring black from playing against white
- Urho Kekkonen appointed president of Finland
Famous Birthdays
- Desmond Haynes, West Indian cricket batsman and administrator (116 Tests; 7,487 runs @ 42.29; 238 ODIs; Director WI Cricket Board), born in Saint James, Barbados
- Hilda Beatriz "Hildita" Guevara, Cuba, daughter of "Che" Guevara
- Hitoshi Ogawa, Japanese racing driver (d. 1992)