Historical Events
Film Premier
Martin Scorsese's "The Departed", starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, and Mark Wahlberg, premieres in New York City (Best Picture 2007)
Famous Deaths
Byron Nelson
Byron Nelson, American golfer (winner 5 major titles; record 19 tournaments 1945), dies of a blood disorder at 94
Byron Nelson
- Philip Randle, British biochemist (Randle cycle), dies at 80
- Tokyo Rose [Iva Toguri D'Aquino], American-born Japanese propagandist (WWII), dies at 90