Historical Events
Film Awards
32nd Academy Awards: "Ben-Hur", Charlton Heston & Simone Signoret win
Charlton Heston
Simone Signoret
- Oscar awarded to Netherlands director Bert Haanstra
- Project Ozma begins at Green Bank radio astronomy center
- Senegal declares independence from France
Famous Birthdays
- Bev Smith, Canadian basketball forward (Olympics 1996), born in Salmon Arm, Canada
- Hugo Weaving, Nigerian-born English-Australian actor (Agent Smith - The Matrix), born in Ibadan, Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria
- Jane Eaglin, English dramatic soprano, born in Lincoln, England
- Jonathan Agnew, English cricket broadcaster, born in Macclesfield, Cheshire