Historical Events
- Operation Chopper begins, America's first combat mission in the Vietnam War
Famous Birthdays
- Joe Quesada, American comic book writer
- 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
- Ernie Kovacs, comedian (Ernie Kovacs Show), killed in auto crash at 42
- Richard de Guide, composer, dies at 52