Norm Crosby, Boston MA, comedian (Young at Heart Comedians)

Birth

Martin Luther King Jr, Atlanta, dreamer (Nobel 1964)

Birth

"Queen Ida" Guillory, Ziadaco music

Birth

Eva Badura-Skoda, composer

Birth

George Headley scores century on debut v England (made 176)

Event

Thomas Hoving, NYC, news correspondent (20/20)

Birth

Murad Kazhlayev, composer

Birth

Derek Meddings, special effects technician

Birth

Georg Kerschensteiner, German educationalist, dies at 77

Death

Enrique Raxach, composer

Birth

Louis Woodard Jones, New Rochelle NY, 4X400m relayer (Oly-gold-56)

Birth

Dean Smith, US actor/relay runner (Olympic-gold-1952)

Birth

8.4 earthquake in India/Nepal, 10,700 die

Event

Babe Ruth signs a 1934 contract for $35,000 ($17,000 cut)

Event

Hermann Bahr, Austrian writer (Concert), dies at 70

Death

Patrick O'Malley, US policeman, killed by John Dillinger

Death

300 Dutch ice cream salesmen protest against Italian competition

Event

Robert Silverberg, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, Regan's Planet)

Birth

Malcolm Frager, St Louis, Missouri, pianist

Birth

Clifford Odets' "Waiting for Lefty," premieres in NYC

Event

Henry Forster, cricket (Hants and Oxford U, Gov-Gen of Australia), dies

Death

Horace Stoneham elected president of NY Giants

Event

1st all-glass windowless structure in US completed, Toledo, Ohio

Event

Non-profit Ford Foundation incorporates

Event

Margaret O'Brien, San Diego, actress (Jane Eyre, Meet Me in St Louis)

Birth