Historical Events
- "Real Inspector Hound" opens at Criterion NYC for 61 performances
Famous Birthdays
- Frances Bean Cobain, American artist and daughter of Kurt Cobain & Courtney Love, born in Los Angeles, California
- Riko Narumi, Japanese actress and model, born in Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama
Famous Deaths
- Christopher McCandless, subject of the book Into the Wild (b. 1968)
- Gerard Sonder, Dutch radio host (AVRO), dies
- John Stuges, director (Gunfight at OK Corral), dies of emphysema at 82