Historical Events
- Austrian chancellor Alfons Gorbach resigns
Boxing Title Fight
Muhammad Ali [Cassius Clay] TKOs Sonny Liston in 7 for his first world heavyweight championship title
Muhammad Ali
Sonny Liston
Famous Birthdays
- Don Majkowski, NFL quarterback (Detroit Lions)
- Lee Evans, English comedian
- Steve Nevius, film editor (Eden, Fall Time, Damascus)
Famous Deaths
- Alexander Archipenko, Ukrainian-American sculptor and water colors painter, dies at 76
- Grace Metalious, American writer (b. 1924)