Historical Events
#1 in the Charts
"That'll Be Day" by Buddy Holly & Crickets reaches #1

Buddy Holly
- Milwaukee Braves clinch NL pennant by beating Cards 4-2
- White mob forces 9 black students who had entered a Little Rock high school in Arkansas to withdraw
- WTIC TV channel 61 in Hartford, CT (CBS/FOX) begins broadcasting
Famous Birthdays
- Kumar Sanu, Indian playback singer
- Rosalind Chao, American actress
- Sylvie Garant, Montmagny Quebec, playmate (Nov, 1979)
- Tony Fossas, Cuba, pitcher (St Louis Cardinals)