Historical Events
- Rosie Jones (St Louis), 26, crowned 22nd Miss Black America
- South Africa workers' union leader Billy Nair arrested
Famous Deaths
- Georges Flamant, actor (La Chienne), dies in Paris at 86
- Joe Turner, American jazz pianist, dies of cardiac arrest at 82
- Kenjiro Takayanagi, Japanese development of television (b. 1899)
- Robert Sommer, singer, dies of liver failure at 42