- Jean-Baptiste Bréval, French cellist, composer, and pedagogue, born in Paris, France (d. 1823)
- Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen, Danish-born American physiologist who was the first female president of the American Physiological Society, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 2015)
- Clay [David] Jones, Welsh gardener (BBC Gardener's Question Time), born in Cardigan, Wales (d. 1996)
- June Squibb, American stage and screen actress (Nebraska; Thelma; Marjorie Prime), born in Vandalia, Illinois
- Jacques Charrier, French actor (Les Tricheurs, Babette Goes to War), born in Metz, France (d. 2025)
- Georges Perroud, Swiss soccer forward (18 caps; FC Sion, Servette FC), born in Fribourg, Switzerland (d. 2023)
- Catherine Crier, American journalist and author (The Case Against Lawyers, A Deadly Game), born in Dallas, Texas
- Trace Beaulieu, American actor (Mystery Science Theater 3000), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
- "Moscow Circus Cirk Valentin" opens at Gershwin NYC for 32 performances
- Maximus 2.0 BBS released
- Green Moon wins the Melbourne Cup race at Flemington
- Billie Jean King Cup Women's Tennis, Prague: Daria Kasatkina and Liudmila Samsonova win their singles matches to guide RTF to a 2-0 win over Switzerland in inaugural BJKC version of Federation Cup
- Thomas Kyd, English dramatist (The Spanish Tragedy), born in London (d. 1594)
- Gordon Granger, American Major General during the Civil War (Union Army), born in Wayne County, New York (d. 1876)
- Tsvetan Tsvetanov, Bulgarian composer, born in Sofia, Bulgaria (d. 1982)
- Nigel Havers, English actor (Don't Wait Up), born in London, England
- Corey Glover, American rock guitarist and singer (Living Colour), born in Brooklyn, New York City