- 1984 NFL owners passed the infamous anti-celebrating rule
- 1941 American Actress Hattie McDaniel (45) weds real estate salesman James Lloyd Crawford; divorced 1945
- 1940 “Rebecca” based on the book by Daphne du Maurier, directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine premieres in Miami, Florida (Best Picture 1941)
- 1152 In one of the most expensive divorces in history, French King Louis VII is granted an annulment from Eleanor of Aquitaine on the grounds of consanguinity (being from the same kinship as another person)
- 2023 – 6.5-magnitude earthquake strikes Afghanistan’s north-east near the border with Pakistan, killing at least 19 and injuring over 200 people
Birthdays
Gary Oldman
Matthew Broderick – AKA Ferris Buller