Historical Events
- A's Catfish Hunter is ruled a free agent (later signs with Yankees)
Famous Birthdays
- Jeffrey van der Stone, soccer player (RKC)
Famous Deaths
- Anatole Litvak, Russian-born American film director, writer and producer (Mayerling, Anastasia, The Snake Pit), dies at 72
- Erich Walter Sternberg, composer, dies at 83