Historical Events
- "Georgy" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 4 performances
- Bicycles permitted to cross Golden Gate Bridge
- Caroline Walker runs world female record marathon (3:02:53)
- KIIN (now KUN) TV channel 12 in Iowa City, IA (PBS) 1st broadcast
- WUTR TV channel 20 in Utica-Rome, NY (ABC) begins broadcasting
Famous Birthdays
- Daniel Handler, American writer, better known as Lemony Snicket
- Jan Varholik, hockey defenseman (Team Slovakia 1998)
- Mika Stromberg, Helsinki FIN, hockey defenseman (Team Finland)
- Noureddine Morceli, Algeria, 1500m runner (Olympic gold 1996)