Historical Events
- Students attack Dutch embassy in Jakarta
- Trotsky's murderer Jacques Mornard (Ramon Mercader) freed in Mexico
Event of Interest
US President Eisenhower signs Civil Rights Act of 1960
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Famous Birthdays
- Bart de Boer, Dutch guitarist (Ivy Green)
- John Flansburgh, American musician
- Julianne Phillips, Lake Oswego Oregon, actress (Frankie Reed-Sisters)
- Larry Steinbachek, rock synthesizer (Bronski Beat-Smalltown Boy)
- Phyllis Treigle, American soprano
Famous Weddings
- English Princess Margaret marries Antony Armstrong-Jones (later Lord Snowdon) at Westminster Abbey
Famous Deaths
- Paul Abraham, Hungarian composer (Blume von Hawaii), dies at 67