Historical Events
- "Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom" with Marlin Perkins begins on NBC
- "Oliver!" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 774 performances
Famous Birthdays
- Norm Charlton, American baseball pitcher (Seattle Mariners), born in Fort Polk, California
- Paul Brindley, English pop bassist (Sundays, Can't Be Sure)
- Philippe Perrin, French test pilot, born in Meknes, Morocco
Famous Deaths
- Lourens GM Baas Becking, Dutch botanist/resistance fighter, dies at 68