Historical Events
- 777 Unification church couples wed in Korea
- Bernadette Devlin is released from prison having served four months of her six month sentence for riotous behaviour
- Caledonian Airways takes over British United Airways
- Nobel prize of peace awarded to Norman E Borlaugh
Famous Birthdays
- Marc Wilkins, Mansfield OH, pitcher (Pittsburgh Pirates)
Famous Deaths
- John T. Scopes, American teacher convicted for teaching evolution (Scopes "monkey trial" 1925), dies at 70