Historical Events
- "Rugantino" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 28 performances
- Frank Rugani sets badminton shuttlecock distance record, 24.3 m
Event of Interest
LBJ reveals US secretly developed the A-11 jet fighter

Lyndon B. Johnson
- NC high school basketball teams play to 56-54 score in 13 overtime
Famous Birthdays
- Henrik Sundstrom, Swedish tennis star
- Jahred Shane, Afro-Brazilian rapper/singer of Hed PE
- James RB Ogilvy, son of English princess Alexandra
Famous Deaths
- Frank Albertson, American actor (Psycho, It's a Wonderful Life, Alice Adams), dies in his sleep at 55
- Victor van Straelen, Flemish biologist and paleontologist, dies at 74