Paragon is a formal word that refers to a person or thing that is perfect or excellent in some way and should be considered a model or example to be copied.
- Frank Schlesinger, American astronomer and director of the Yale University Observatory (1920-41), born in New York City (d. 1943)
- Joseph Marx, Austrian composer and music critic, born in Graz, Austria (d. 1964)
- Herbert Murrill, British organist, composer (The Song of the Birds; Carillon), and educator (Royal Academy of Music, 1933-52), born in London, England (d. 1952)
- Richard Feynman, American theoretical physicist known for his work on quantum mechanics and quantum electrodynamics (1965 Nobel), born in Queens, New York (d. 1988)
- Jim. Jeffords, American politician (Senator-R+I-Vermont 1989-2007, Rep-R-VT, 1975-89), born in Rutland, Vermont (d. 2014)
- Nancy Greene Raine OC OBC OD, Canadian alpine skier (Olympic gold giant slalom 1968; World C'ship gold giant slalom, combined 1968) and senator (BC), born in Ottawa, Ontario
- Mark Breland, American welterweight boxer (Olympic gold 1984), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Eric Young, infielder (Colorado Rockies), born in New Brunswick, New Jersey
- Peasants besiege Frankenburg estate in Upper Austria
- Cincinnati Reds pitcher Hod Eller no-hits St Louis Cardinals, 6-0 at Redland Field, Cincinnati
- British comedy troupe Monty Python forms, made up of Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin
- US conducts a nuclear test at the Nevada Test Site
- Colombian airline Avianca, and world's 2nd oldest, becomes 1st major airline to file for bankruptcy due to COVID-19
- Filippo Capocci, Italian organ virtuoso and composer, born in Rome, Papal States (d. 1911)
- Jan Parandowski, Polish writer and translator, born in Lwów, Austria-Hungary (now Lviv, Ukraine) (d. 1978)
- Zilpha Keatly Snyder, American Newbury Award-winning children's literature author (Headless Cupid; The Egypt Game), born in Lemoore, California (d. 2014)
- Dean Capobianco, Australian 200m/400m (Olympics 1992, 96)
- Marek Pospieszalski, Polish avant-garde jazz saxophonist and composer, born in Częstochowa, Poland
