Historical Events
Historic Invention
American inventor Gordon Gould issued his first US patent for a optically pumped laser amplifier, 20 years after first claiming to have invented the laser
Gordon Gould
- Soyuz 25 returns to Earth
Famous Birthdays
- Claudia Palacios, Colombian television journalist, born in Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia
- Desmond Mason, American basketball player, born in Waxahachie, Texas
- Matthew Bomer, American actor (The Normal Heart), born in Webster Groves, Missouri
- Ty Wigginton, American baseball player, born in San Diego, California
Famous Deaths
- MacKinlay Kantor, American author (b. 1904)
- Mason Gross, professor (Think Fast, 2 for the Money), dies at 66