Bill Gibson, Calif, rock drummer (Huey Lewis and The News)

Birth

Hertha Kr„ftner, writer, dies at 23

Death

Nikolai Karlovich Metner, composer, dies at 71

Death

Hugo Leichtentritt, composer, dies at 77

Death

False fingernails 1st sold

Event

KLBK TV channel 13 in Lubbock, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting

Event

Tracy Scoggins, Galveston Tx, actress (Colbys, Gumshoe Kid)

Birth

Larry Miller, comedian (Dream On, Favor, Dream Lover)

Birth

Dmitri Shostakovitch' 4th String Quartet, premieres

Event

Andy "the Clobberer" Ranken, English pop drummer (The Pogues)

Birth

Fay Baker, actress (Sorority Girl), dies at 60

Death

Argentine gen Pedro Aramburu succeeds E Lonardi as president

Event

1st live telecast from non-contiguous foreign country-Havana Cuba

Event

Aldo Nova, rocker (Blood on the Bricks)

Birth

Supreme Court strikes down segregation of races on public buses

Event

Christopher Noth, actor (Jakarta)

Birth

Anton¡n Z potocky, premier/president of Czechoslovakia, dies at 72

Death

Ronald Shusett, Hamburg Germany, author (Project Mankind)

Birth

Linda Jackson, Montreal Quebec, cyclist (Olympics-96)

Birth

Bart A van der Leck, Dutch painter (Style), dies at 81

Death

NYC Mayor Robert Wagner announces plans to begin a new baseball called the Continental League

Event

Rosie Jones, Santa Ana CA, LPGA golfer (1988 USX Golf Classic)

Birth

Anne Manning, Australian walker (Olympics-96)

Birth

Sammy Davis Jr marries Swedish actress May Britt

Event

Fire in movie theater kills 152 children (Amude Spain)

Event