Scrupulous describes someone who is very careful about doing something correctly, or something marked by such carefulness. Scrupulous can also describe someone who is careful about doing what is honest and morally right.
☰Thought of the Day
"Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful." - Joshua J. Marine
- Alexander Walewski, French earl and Foreign Minister, born in Walewice, Warsaw, Poland (d. 1868)
- Frederick Edwin Church, American romantic landscape painter (Hudson River Sch), born in Hartford, Connecticut (d. 1900)
- Howard Da Silva [Silverblatt], American actor (1776, The Lost Weekend, The Blue Dahlia), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1986)
- Curt Conway, American stage and screen actor (A Touch of the Poet; Casbah; Raw Deal; The Twilight Zone), and acting teacher, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1974)
- Fausto Razzi, Italian composer, choral director, and educator, born in Rome (d. 2022)
- George Tupou V, King of Tonga (2006-2012), born in Tongatapu, Tonga (d. 2012)
- Giovanni Mirabassi, Italian-French jazz pianist (Avanti!), born in Perugia, Italy
- Shaenon K. Garrity, American webcomics writer and artist (creator of Narbonic), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- John Gordon Cashman publishes the first edition of the "Vicksburg Evening Post" in Mississippi
- Battle of Coral Sea begins (1st naval battle fought solely in air) between Japanese, US and Australian navies and air forces
- First Grammy Awards: Perry Como and Ella Fitzgerald win major awards
- The Soviet government signs an agreement with Fiat to build an automobile factory in the Soviet Union
- 145th Kentucky Derby: stewards disqualify first-across-the-line Maximum Security for interference; longshot Country House declared winner; first DQ in race history for race infraction
- Gillian Tindall, British historian and novelist (The Fields Beneath, Fly Away Home), born in London (d. 2025)
- Zal Cleminson, Scottish guitarist (The Sensational Alex Harvey Band), born in Glasgow, Scotland
- Barrie Masters, British pub-rock singer (Eddie and the Hot Rods), born in Rochford, Essex, England (d. 2019)
- Mariano Pernía, Argentine soccer left back (11 caps Spain; Independiente, Recreativo, Getafe, Atlético Madrid), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Manjural Islam Rana, Bangladeshi cricket all-rounder (6 Tests, 1 x 50, 5 wickets, BB 3/84; Khulna Division), born in Khulna, Bangladesh (d. 2007)
