- Samuel Ward, American politician (31st and 33rd Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations), born in Newport, Rhode Island (d. 1776)
- (Catherine) "Kitty" Kallen, American big band (Harry James, Jimmy Dorsey, Jack Teagarden) and pop singer ("Little Things Mean A Lot"; "My Coloring Book"), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2016)
- Brian "Blinky" Davison, British rock drummer (The Nice), born in Leicester, England (d. 2008)
- Dorothy Straight, American 4-year-old author (How the World Began), born in Washington, D.C.
- David Shaw, Canadian NHL defenseman, 1982-98 (Quebec Nordiques, New York Rangers, and 4 other teams), born in St. Thomas, Ontario
- Nathalie Schneyder, American synchronized swimmer (Olympic gold 1996), born in San Francisco, California
- Heather Simmons-Carrasco, American synchronized swimmer (Olympic alt-96), born in Mountain View, California
- Molly Sims, American model and actress (Las Vegas, Yes Man), born in Murray, Kentucky
- The Remington Rand strike, led by the American Federation of Labor, begins
- Ted Williams raises his batting average over .400 for 1st time in 1941
- Muhammad Ali KOs Sonny Liston at 2:12 of round 1 at Central Maine Civic Center, Lewiston to retain his WBC/WBA heavyweight boxing title
- 17 children are killed by a gas cylinder explosion on a school bus in Gujrat, Pakistan
- Barbados elects its first female Prime Minister Mia Mottley, who leads the Barbados Labour Party to victory
- Theodore Hesburgh, American Catholic priest and president of the University of Notre Dame (1952-87), born in Syracuse, New York (d. 2015)
- John Gabriel [Jack Monkarsh], American stage and screen actor (Ryan's Hope), singer, lyricist, and producer, born in Niagara Falls, New York (d. 2021)
- Lyudmila Buldakova, Russian volleyball player (Olympic gold USSR 1968, 72), born in Saint Petersburg, Russia (d. 2006)
- David A. Hargrave, American game designer and writer known as The Dream Weaver (Arduin), born in United States (d. 1988)
- Adam Gontier, Canadian rock singer-songwriter (Three Days Grace), born in Peterborough, Ontario