Historical Events
- Malawi becomes a republic, Dr Hastings Kamuzu Banda becomes president
Famous Birthdays
- Brian Posehn, American actor (Jim Kuback-Mission Hill), born in Sacramento, California
Famous Weddings
- American sci-fi writer "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" Philip K Dick marries 4th wife Nancy Hackett
Famous Deaths
- Ann Nagel [Anna Marie Dolan], American actress (Don Winslow of the Navy, The Green Hornet), dies of cancer at 50
- Sad Sam Jones, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians), dies at 73