- Alain Bombard, French biologist, physician, and politician who sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in a small boat to test his theory that a shipwrecked person could survive without provisions, born in Paris (d. 2005)
- H. R. Haldeman, Nixon's White House Chief of Staff during Watergate, born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1993)
- Gladys Brown West (née Mae Brown), American mathematician (US Naval Weapons Laboratory, 1956–98) known for helping develop the GPS satellite system, born in Sutherland, Virginia (d. 2026)
- Bob Flick, American folk musician (The Brother Four - "Greenfields"), born in Indianapolis, Indiana
- Jayne Kennedy, American actress (Body and Soul), born in Washington, D.C.
- Todd Skinner, American rock climber who made the first free ascents of many routes around the world (Salathe Wall), born in Pinedale, Wyoming (d. 2006)
- Anthony Doerr, American writer (All the Light We Cannot See - Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2015), born in Cleveland, Ohio
- Brady Quinn, American football quarterback (Cleveland Browns, Denver Broncos) and broadcaster (CBS Sports HQ, Fox Sports), born in Columbus, Ohio
- Giuseppe Garibaldi marches on Rome for the second time
- Water skis are patented by Fred Waller
- Georgi Domitrovs National Front wins Bulgaria elections (78%)
- David Diamond's Symphony No. 8 premieres with the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Leonard Bernstein
- Baseball World Series: LA Dodgers beat Tampa Bay Rays, 3-1 in Game 6 at Globe Life Field, Arlington to win first title in 32 years; MVP: Dodgers shortstop Corey Seager
- Edward Keinholz, American artist and sculptor, born in Fairfield, Washington (d. 1994)
- Peter Martins, Danish dancer and choreographer, born in Copenhagen, Denmark
- Fran Lebowitz, American author and actress (Resident Alien), born in Morristown, New Jersey
- Maria Mutola, Mozambican 800m runner (Olympic bronze 1996), born in Lourenço Marques, Mozambique
- Vanessa-Mae [Vanakorn Nicholson], Singaporean-British violinist and Olympic alpine skier, born in Singapore
