- Conrad Michael Schneider, German organist, kapellmeister, and composer, born in Ansbach, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1752)
- Manuel Oribe, Uruguayan politician and nationalist, 2nd President of Uruguay (1835-38), born in Montevideo, Río de la Plata (d. 1857)
- Ben Bradlee, American editor, journalist, and newspaper executive (Newsweek; Washington Post), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2014)
- Yvette Vickers [Vedder], American actress (Attack of 50 Foot Woman; Attack of the Giant Leeches), and Playboy playmate (July 1959), born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. c. 2010)
- Naïm Kattan, Canadian novelist and essayist, born in Baghdad, Iraq (d. 2021)
- Ulf Sundelin, Swedish yachtsmen (Olympic gold 5.5m class 1968; World C'ship gold Dragon class 1971, 5.5m class 1986), born in Nacka, Sweden
- Jimmy Olander, American country guitarist and banjo player (Diamond Rio - "Meet in Middle"), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Shirley Manson, Scottish rock singer (Garbage), born in Edinburgh, Scotland
- Two murdered college students are found in Gainesville, Florida
- All 25,000 applicants to the University of Liberia fail their university entrance examination
- At least 100 people are killed in flash floods in the city of Charikar, Afghanistan, with 500 houses destroyed
- American pop superstar Taylor Swift (35) and American NFL football player Travis Kelce (35) reveal their marriage engagement in social media post, garnering 1.2 million 'likes' in under 10 minutes
- Benjamin Grubb Humphreys, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Claiborne County, Mississippi (d. 1882)
- Walter Bruno Henning, German scholar and linguist specializing in Iranian languages, born in Ragnit, East Prussia, German Empire (d. 1967)
- Barbet Schroeder, Iranian-Swiss director (Barfly, Single White Female, More), born in Tehran, Iran
- Bob Mionske, American cyclist and attorney, born in Evanston and Illinois
- Saeko Chiba, Japanese singer and voice actor (Chrono Crusade, Code Geass), born in Tokyo, Japan
