- Jacopo Peri, Italian composer and singer who wrote the 1st recognized opera "Dafne", born in Rome, Papal States (d. 1633)
- Ellen Roosevelt, American tennis player (US Nat C'ship 1890), born in Rosedale, New York (d. 1954)
- Jean Gebser [Hans Gebser], German-Swiss philosopher, author (Ursprung und Gegenwart (The Ever-Present Origin)), linguist, and poet, born in Posen, German Empire (d. 1973)
- Yootha Joyce, British actress (Man About the House, George and Mildred), born in Wandsworth, London (d. 1980)
- Hans-Joachim Klein, German 100m swimmer (Olympic bronze 1964), born in Darmstadt, Germany
- Ray Wise, American actor (Twin Peaks, Dead End), born in Akron, Ohio
- Doug Fieger, American singer–songwriter (The Knack - "My Sharona"), born in Oak Park, Michigan (d. 2010)
- Don Stark, American actor (That '70s Show - "Bob"), born in New York City
- Japan's primary school law is amended to provide four years of mandatory schooling
- Chicago White Sox acquire "Shoeless" Joe Jackson from Cleveland for Robert Roth, Larry Chappell, Ed Klepfer, and $31,500; Jackson becomes involved in the "Black Sox Scandal" in 1919
- Chicago Cubs use first baseman Dale Long as their first major league lefty catcher since 1906
- Senior Players Championship Men's Golf, Westchester CC: Fred Couples wins the first of two Champions Tour major titles with a birdie on the third playoff hole against John Cook
- Guatemala's presidential election is won by anti-corruption candidate Bernardo Arévalo, who defeats former first lady Sandra Torres
- Gilman Marston, American Brigadier General (Union Army) and politician (R-NH), born in Orford, New Hampshire (d. 1890)
- Thaddeus S. C. Lowe, American aeronaut and inventor, born in Jefferson Mills, Coos County, New Hampshire (d. 1913)
- George Thoma, German cross country ski jumper (Olympic gold 1960), born in Newstadt, Germany
- Klas Ingesson, Swedish footballer and manager, born in Ödeshög, Sweden (d. 2014)
- Zakir Khan, Indian comedian (On Air with AIB), born in Indore, India
