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Cassietta Baker is born in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. As gospel
singer and composer Cassietta George she will find success as a member of The Caravans, a
popular touring gospel group from the late '50s to the mid-'60s.
She will subsequently embark on a solo career, recording over
sixteen albums albums in Los Angeles for Audio Arts Inc.
Jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt is treated for burns at the Hopital Saint-Louis, Paris, France, Europe. Reinhardt had sustained the burns, which severely damaged his fingers, when the caravan in which he lived caught fire.
Hard bop/soul-jazz tenor saxophonist Harold Ousley is born in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Linn Milford and his Hawaiian Players record Aloha Oe, O Sole Mio Re, Sweet And Low and Kilima for Regal Records in London, UK.