Historical Events
- Livio Berruti of Italy runs a world record 20.5 to win the gold medal in the 200m at the Rome Olympics
- US women's 4 x 100m freestyle relay team of Joan Spillane, Shirley Stobs, Carolyn Wood & Chris von Saltza swim world record 4:08.9 to beat Australia by 2.4 seconds and win gold medal at Rome Olympics
Famous Deaths
- Joseph Lamb, American ragtime composer, dies at 72