Historical Events
- Beatles' "Eight Days a Week" single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks
Event of Interest
Jeff Beck replaces Eric Clapton of the Yardbirds

Eric Clapton
Famous Deaths
- Corrado Gini, Italian statistician (b. 1884)
- Fan S. Noli, Albanian bishop, poet, and politician (b. 1882)
- George Calinescu, Romanian author (Lauda Lucrorilor), dies at 65
- Vittorio Jano, Italian engineer (b. 1891)