Historical Events
Golf Major
24th Masters Golf Tournament: Arnold Palmer wins, shooting a 282
Arnold Palmer
Golf Tournament
Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open
Betsy Rawls
- Senate passes landmark Civil Rights Bill
Famous Birthdays
- Julie Fulton, American actress (Lime Steel), born in Evanston, Illinois
- Katrina Leskanich, American musician and singer (Katrina and the Waves), born in Topeka, Kansas
Famous Weddings
Wedding of Interest
NBA guard Jerry West (21) weds his college sweetheart Martha Kane in Morgantown, West Virginia
Jerry West
Famous Deaths
- Arthur Benjamin, Austral composer/pianist (Devil Take Her), dies at 66