British troops begin evacuating

Event

Lord Craig of Radley, marshal (RAF)

Birth

Stirling Moss, race car driver

Birth

John Stewart-Clark, MEP (C)

Birth

Gwyn Francis, British Forestry commissioner

Birth

Dorothy Loudon, Cambridge Mass, actress/singer (Garry Moore Show)

Birth

Edgar Dean Mitchell, Hereford Texas, Capt USN/astronaut (Apollo 14)

Birth

Thomas P Stafford, Weatherford Ok, USAF/astronaut (Gem 6 9, Ap 10 18)

Birth

David Huddleston, Vinton Va, actor (How the West Was Won)

Birth

Operetta "Victoria and Her Husband," premieres in London

Event

Anne Bancroft, Bronx, actr (Graduate, Miracle Worker)/Mrs Mel Brooks

Birth

1st LP record demonstrated (RCA Victor, NYC), venture failed

Event

Red Sox Earl Webb sets record with 65 en route to 67 doubles

Event

Desmond Fennell, British high court judge

Birth

D A Fenner, British headmaster (Alleyn's School)

Birth

Charles E Grassley, (Sen-R-Iowa, 1981- )

Birth

Patricia Crowley, Olyphant Pa, actress (Please Don't Eat the Daisies)

Birth

Little Milton [Campbell], rocker

Birth

Maureen "Little Mo" Connolly, Ca, tennis, 1st woman grand slam (1953)

Birth

Orlando Cepeda, Giants player (NL MVP 1967)

Birth

RCA Victor re leases 1st 33 1/3 rpm recording (Beethoven's 5th)

Event

Edmund van der Straeten, composer, dies at 79

Death

USSR joins League of Nations (Netherland, Switz and Portugal vote no)

Event

Timothy Bavin, Bishop of Portsmouth

Birth

Ken Kesey, author (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest)

Birth