Historical Events
- Intelsat 1 ("Early Bird") 1st commercial geosynchronous communications satellite launched
Famous Birthdays
- Black Francis [Charles Thompson IV], American singer and songwriter (Pixies, Frank Black), born in Boston, Massachusetts
- Gerald Diduck, Edmonton, NHL defenseman (Hartford Whalers)
- Lieve Slegers, Belgian athlete
- Rica Reinisch, German DR, 100m/200m backstroke (Olympic gold 1980)
- Virginia Lee, Australian rower (Olympics 1996)