Events in Music
- "Yours Is My Heart" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 36 performances
Birthdays in Music
- Buddy Miles, American musician (The Electric Flag), born in Omaha, Nebraska (d. 2008)
Freddie Mercury
Freddie Mercury, British singer-songwriter (Queen - We are Champions), born in Stone Town, Sultanate of Zanzibar (d. 1991)

Freddie Mercury
- Loudon Wainwright III, American vocalist (April Fool's Day Morn), born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina