Famous Birthdays
- Butch Reid, horse trainer
- Debbe Dunning, actress (Tool Time Girl-Home Improvement), born in Burbank, California
- Greg Grunberg, American actor
- Mel Appleby, rocker (Mel & Kim-Coming to America)
- Mick Molloy, Australian comedian
- Rod Strickland, NBA guard (Portland Trail Blazers, Wash Wizards)
Famous Deaths
- Delmore Schwartz, US poet/critic (Shenandoah), dies at 52