- Marie Joséphine of Savoy, Italian-French noble, Queen consort (in exile) of France (1795-1810), born at the Royal Palace of Turin, Kingdom of Sardinia (d. 1810)
- James Harrison Wilson, American topographic engineer and Major General (Union Army), born in Shawneetown, Illinois (d. 1925)
- (Lawrence) "Booker T." Laury, American boogie-woogie and blues pianist and singer, born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 1995)
- Dorothy May Bundy-Cheney, American tennis player (141 US tennis titles), born in LA, CA, (d. 2014)
- Rick Lewis, American doo-wop tenor (The Silhouettes - "Get A Job"), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2005)
- Hilla Becher (née Wobeser), German artist, worked collaboratively with husband Bernd Becher, born in Potsdam Germany (d. 2015)
- Vladimír Válek, Czech violist (Dvořák Chamber Orchestra), and conductor (Prague Symphony. 1975-86; Czechoslovak Radio Symphony, 1985-2011), born in Nový Jičín, Czechoslovakia (d. 2025)
- Terry Bradshaw, College/Pro Football HOF quarterback (Louisiana Tech; Super Bowl 1974, 75, 78 [MVP], 79 [MVP]; NFL MVP 1978; First-team All-Pro 1978; 3 × Pro Bowl; Pittsburgh Steelers) and broadcaster (CBS, FOX), born in Shreveport, Louisiana
- KAYS TV (now KBSH-DT) channel 7 in Hays, Kansas (CBS) begins broadcasting
- There are further Irish Republican Army bombs set off across the region, including one in Belfast which wrecked the headquarters of the Ulster Unionist Party
- French track cyclist Daniel Morelon successfully defends his Olympic sprint title beating Australian John Nicholson for the gold medal in Munich
- American radio disc jockey and stunt pilot Hal McClain (38) performs world record 180 outside loops in an airplane over Houston, Texas
- Former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi tests positive for COVID-19 and is later hospitalized
- Alphons Diepenbrock, Dutch composer, conductor, and essayist, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1921)
- Adolph Rupp, American Basketball HOF coach (NCAA Div I Tournament 1948, 49, 51, 58; Uni of Kentucky; 5 × National Coach of the Year), born in Halstead, Kansas (d. 1977)
- Johan Daisne [Herman Thiery], Belgian writer (magic realism), born in Ghent, Belgian (d. 1978)
- Martha Mitchell [nee Beall], wife of US Attorney General John Mitchell, born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas (d. 1976)
- Matthew Dunn, Australian swimmer (World C'ship SC gold x 8), born in Leeton, Australia