Birthdays in History
- David Gee, director (Friends of the Earth)
- Dorothy Lyman, (All my Children, Naomi-Mama's Family), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Herbert Mullin, American serial killer
- Kathy Acker, American author (d. 1997)
Deaths in History
- Jozef Tiso, Slovak politician (President of the First Slovak Republic), dies at 59