Historical Events
- Dutch Olympic 1,500m and 5,000m speed skating champion Ard Schenk wins his 3rd gold medal at the Sapporo Winter Games when he takes out the 10,000m
Famous Birthdays
- Aftab Habib, cricketer (Leicestershire righty batsman 1996)
- Alex Bassi, American race car driver
- Essence Atkins, American actress
- John Slaney, St John's, NHL defenseman (LA Kings)
- Robyn Lively, American actress