Subterfuge is a formal word that refers to the use of tricks to hide, avoid, or get something.
☰Thought of the Day
"I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." - Maya Angelou
- Sándor Márai, Hungarian writer (A gyertyák csonkig égnek), born in Kassa, Hungary (d. 1989)
- Paul McGrath, American actor (Witness, No Time for Love), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1978)
- Oleg Cassini, American fashion designer (for Jackie Kennedy), born in Paris, France (d. 2006)
- Alexander Raichev, Bulgarian composer, born in Lom, Bulgaria (d. 2003)
- Nelly Kaplan, Argentine-French screenwriter and director (A Very Curious Girl, Néa), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 2020)
- Max Schubel, American composer (Opus One Records), born in New York (d. 2010)
- Glyn Shaw, Welsh rugby union prop (12 caps; Neath RFC), and rugby league prop (7 caps Wales, 1 GB; Widnes RLFC, Wigan RLFC), born in Rhigos, Wales (d. 2022)
- John Castellanos, American actor (John Silva in "The Young and the Restless"), born in Mesa, California
- Fantasy Records releases "Mardi Gras", the seventh and final studio album by American rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival
- Neil Jenkins converts a Scott Gibbs try to give Wales a famous, 32-31 win over England at Wembley Stadium; allows Scotland to win final Five Nations Rugby Championship; reverts to 6 teams in 2000
- Israel's Beresheet spacecraft, the first privately-funded mission to the moon, crashes on the moon
- Joseph Leopold Röckel, German-British composer, music publisher, and teacher, born in London, England (d. 1908)
- Emilio Colombo, Italian Prime Minister (1970-72), born in Potenza, Basilicata (d. 2013)
- Joseph Burnett-Stuart, British CEO (Robert Fleming Holdings), born in the UK (d. 2010)
- Françoise Hampson, British academic and human rights lawyer, born in Bolton, England (d. 2025)
- Michael Callen, American AIDS activist, singer-songwriter, and author, born in Rising Sun, Indiana (d. 1993)