Someone described as besotted is so in love that they are unable to think clearly; they are utterly infatuated. Besotted can also be used as a synonym of drunk.
☰Thought of the Day
"Decisions are easy when values are clear." - Roy Disney
- Henry Tate, English sugar producer (established Tate Gallery in London), born near Chorley, England (d. 1899)
- (Irving Milford) "Miff" Mole, American jazz trombonist, and composer (Red Nichols and His Five Pennies - "Slippin' Around"; Sophie Tucker), born in Roosevelt, Long Island, New York (d. 1961)
- Robert Havemann, German chemist and dissident, born in Munich, Germany (d. 1982)
- Robert L. Carter, American civil rights activist and judge (Brown v. Board of Education, NAACP v. Alabama), born in Caryville, Florida (d. 2012)
- Peter R. Hunt, British film director (On Her Majesty's Secret Service), born in London (d. 2002)
- Sandra Milo [Salvatrice Greco], Italian actress (8½; Juliet of the Spirits), and television personality, born in Tunis, French Tunisia (d. 2024)
- Brigitte Fossey, French actress (Man Who Died Twice), born in Tourcoing France
- Elias Koteas, Canadian actor (The Thin Red Line, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button), born in Montréal, Québec
- NY approves new code guaranteeing Protestants religious rights
- 3rd term of Belgium Theunis government begins
- Failed military coup under Rambocus and Hawker in Suriname
- Smallest dinosaur ever discovered - skull preserved in piece of amber smaller than a fingertip from a mine in Myanmar, reported in "Nature"
- Marius Petipa, French ballet dancer and choreographer (Don Quiotte), born in Marseille, France (d. 1910)
- Eleni Gatzoyiannis, Greek heroine (subject of "Eleni" by son Nicholas Gage about how she saved her children), born in Greece (d. 1948)
- Vijay Hazare, Indian cricket batsman and captain (30 Tests, 7 x 100, HS 164no; Maharashtra, Central India, Baroda, Holkar), born in Sangli, India (d. 2004)
- Dock Ellis, American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star and World Series 1971 Pittsburgh Pirates; pitched no-hitter 1971), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2008)
- Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, ruler and President of the UAE (2022-), born in Al Ain, Trucial States