In the United Kingdom, the Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely Order was issued, proposing to create a new county by merging the areas of the administrative counties of Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely (with minor boundary changes).
Born: John A. Gotti, American organized crime boss who succeeded to control of the Gambino crime family in 1992 after the imprisonment of his father, John J. Gotti; in Queens, New York .