Historical Events
- USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
Famous Birthdays
- Eric Gouka, cricketer (Netherlands pace bowler 1996 World Cup)
- Heather Graham, actress (Drugstore Cowboy, Diggstown), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Jörg Hoffmann, German swimmer
- Paul Ryan, US politician (R-Wisconsin) and Speaker of the House (2015-), born in Janesville, Wisconsin
- Scott Davis, guard (Atlanta Falcons)
Famous Deaths
- B. H. Liddell Hart, English military historian and publicist (The Rommel Papers), dies at 74