Dick Van Dyke, West Plains Mo, actor (Rob Petrie-Dick Van Dyke Show)

Birth

Henry C Gordon, USAF/astronaut (Dynasoar)

Birth

Carl Erskine, baseball player (Bkln Dodgers)

Birth

George Gershwin's "An American In Paris" premieres (NYC)

Event

W Gordon Smith, playwright

Birth

Clip-on tie designed

Event

Christopher Plummer, Toronto, actor (Sound of Music, Doll's House)

Birth

Albert Paulsen, Guayaquil Ecuador, actor (Doctors' Hospital)

Birth

Knut Algot Hakanson, composer, dies at 42

Death

Genevieve Page, actress (Day and the Hour)

Birth

Theodore Steeg forms French govt

Event

Robert Prosky, Phila, actor (Christine, Sgt Jablonski-Hill St Blues)

Birth

George Sisler's career ends when Boston Braves release him

Event

Richard Darryl Zanuck, film producer/executive

Birth

Mark Hellinger Theater (Warner Bros) opens at 237 W 51st St NYC

Event

Bonno Spieker, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PvdA)

Birth

Karim Aga Khan, prince/billionaire/husband of Rita Hayworth

Birth

Thomas Wakefield, writer

Birth

John Nicolson, cricketer (South African lefty batsman 1926-27), dies

Death

Final Boston Redskin NFL game, lose to Packers 21-6, move to Wash DC

Event

Green Bay Packers win NFL championship

Event

Rob Houwer, Dutch director/producer/actor (OK, Professor Columbus)

Birth

Alvin Curran, composer

Birth

Los Angeles freezes at 28øF

Event

Tom Shaw, Wichita KS, PGA golfer (1969 Doral Open AVCO Golf Classic)

Birth