Peter Jay was an English journalist, broadcaster, and economist. He served as the British Ambassador to the United States from 1977 to 1979 in the government of his father-in-law, James Callaghan.

1937Juan Pizarro, Puerto Rican baseball player (died 2021)^[†]

Juan Ramón Pizarro a.k.a. "Terín" was a Puerto Rican Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher. He played for 18 seasons on 9 teams, from 1957 through 1974. In 1964, he won 19 games (19–9) and pitched 4 shutouts for the Chicago White Sox. He was selected for the Major League All-Star Baseball game in 1963 and 1964.

Notable Deaths

1937Elihu Root, American lawyer and politician, 38th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1845)^[†]

Elihu Root was an American lawyer, Republican politician, and statesman who served as the 41st United States Secretary of War under presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt and the 38th United States Secretary of State also under Roosevelt. In both positions as well as a long legal career, he pioneered the American practice of international law. Root is sometimes considered the prototype of the 20th-century political "wise man", advising presidents on a range of foreign and domestic issues. He also served as a United States Senator from New York and received the 1912 Nobel Peace Prize.