Historical Events
- Operation Chopper begins, America's first combat mission in the Vietnam War
Famous Birthdays
- Gunde Svan, Swedish cross country skier (4 Olympic gold 1984, 88), born in Järna, Sweden
- Joe Quesada, American comic book writer, born in New York City, New York
- Richie Richardson, West Indies cricketer (elegant West Indian batsman 1983-95), born in Five Islands Village, Antigua and Barbuda
Famous Deaths
- Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams, Russian writer and feminist, dies at 92
- Richard de Guide, composer, dies at 52