Births
- 1881 — Frank O'Connor
- 1916 — Howard W. Koch
- 1927 — Steffen Zacharias
- 1934 — Ron Pember
- 1951 — Jay Benedict
- 1965 — Timothy Scott
- 1971 — Dave Kann
Deaths
- 1972 — George H. Plympton
- 1976 — Sydney Mason
- 1987 — Kent Taylor
- 1987 — June Jocelyn
- 1993 — Vatslav Dvorzhetsky
- 1996 — Wanda McKay
Episode Premieres
Events
- 1983 — At the 55th Academy Awards, the following awards were presented:
- John Williams wins the Best Original Score Award for E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
- Henry Mancini and Leslie Briscue win the Best Music, Original Song Score and Its Adaptation Award for Victor/Victoria.
- Jack Nitzsche, Buffy Sainte-Marie, and Will Jennings win the Best Original Song Award for "Up Where We Belong" in An Officer and A Gentleman.
- Walter Mirisch receives the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.
- 1988 — At the 60th Academy Awards, Rick Baker wins the Best Makeup Award for his work in Harry and the Hendersons.
- 1996 — Crow T. Robot appears on (and hosts briefly) the E! TV show Talk Soup.