Historical Events
- "George M!" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 435 performances
Academy Awards
40th Academy Awards: "In the Heat of the Night", Rod Steiger & Katherine Hepburn win
Rod Steiger
- Ferry Wahine sinks in Wellington harbour, New Zealand on route from Lyttelton (51 killed)
- US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Famous Birthdays
- Orlando Jones, American actor and comedian (MADtv, 7 Up spokesman), born in Toulminville, Alabama
Famous Deaths
- Gustavs Celmins, Latvian politician (b. 1899)