Historical Events
- "Fig Leaves Are Falling" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 4 performances
- "Soviet Sport" calls Emile Zatopek a public enemy
Event of Interest
Australian Rupert Murdoch gains control of the 'News of the World'
Rupert Murdoch
- Lorraine Hansberry's "To be Young, Gifted & Black," premieres in NYC
- Luis Ferré becomes the first statehooder Governor of Puerto Rico
- Operation Barrier Reef begins in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam
Famous Birthdays
Christy Turlington
Christy Turlington, American model (Calvin Klein Eternity), born in San Francisco, California
Christy Turlington
- Glen Johnson, Jamaican boxer
- Karl-Heinz Grasser, Austrian politician
- Rick Tabaracci, NHL goalie (Calgary Flames), born in Toronto, Ontario
- Robert Svehla, Martin Cze, NHL defenseman (Florida Panthers, Slovakia)
- Stephen Davies, Aust field hockey forward/vice capt (Olympic silver 1992, 96)
Tommy Morrison
Tommy Morrison, American heavyweight boxing champion and actor, born in Gravette, Arkansas (d. 2013)
Tommy Morrison
Famous Deaths
- George Renevant [Georges de Cheux], French actor (Moulin Rouge, Scotland Yard, Comrade X), dies at 74