Historical Events
- Vernon E Jordan Jr, appointed exec director of National Urban League
Famous Birthdays
- Bif Naked, Canadian musician
- Jake Busey, American actor
- Nathan Astle, New Zealand cricketer (batsman), Test debut v Zimbabwe in 1996
- Stuart Howell, Australian baseball pitcher (Olympics 1996)
Famous Deaths
- Wendell Meredith Stanley, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)