Historical Events
- WCMC (now WMGM) TV channel 40 in Wildwood, NJ (NBC) 1st broadcast
Famous Birthdays
- Chet Culver, American politician (Governor of Iowa), born in Washington, D.C.
- John Velyvis, American rower & surgeon (Olympics 1996), born in North Adams, Massachusetts
- Mark Schlereth, American NFL guard (Denver Broncos-Super Bowl 32), born in Anchorage, Alaska
- Paul Ranheim, American NHL left wing (Hartford Whalers), born in St. Louis, Missouri
- Pavel Torgajev, Russian ice hockey player (Calgary Flames), born in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
- Richie Lewis, American baseball pitcher (Florida Marlins), born in Muncie, Indiana