** Al Pierotti

** Al Hirt, American trumpeter and bandleader ( b. 1922 )

** Al Schwimmer, American-Israeli businessman ( d. 2011 )

** Al Franken, United States Senator from Minnesota

** Al Christie, Canadian-born film director and producer ( b. 1881 )

** American gangster Al Capone is sentenced to 11 years in prison for tax evasion in Chicago.

** Al Gore, former Vice President of the United States

** Al Jardine, American Musician ( The Beach Boys )

** U. S. President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore are renominated at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

** Muhammad Metwally Al Shaarawy, Egyptian Muslim jurist ( b. 1911 )

** Al Mamaux, professional baseball player and manager ( b. 1894 )

** Aleister Crowley begins writing Liber Al vel Legis, better known as The Book of the Law, a text central to Thelema.

** " Weird Al " Yankovic, American singer and parodist

** The International Atomic Energy Agency orders Iraq to destroy an industrial complex at Al Atheer that was being used to manufacture nuclear weapons.

** Nawal Al Zoghbi, Lebanese singer

** Al Pitrelli, American guitarist

** Al Jaffee, American cartoonist ( MAD Magazine )

** The Hindawi Affair begins when an Irishwoman is found unknowingly carrying explosives onto an El Al flight from London to Tel Aviv.

** Mohammed Al Fayed buys the London-based department store company Harrods.

** Shakhbut bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Sheikh, former ruler of Abu Dhabi ( b. 1905 )

** Al Lewis, American actor ( The Munsters ) ( d. 2006 )

** Al Feldstein, American artist and comic book creator

** Al Jackson, baseball player

** Al Kaline, American baseball player

** Mieczysław Halka Ledóchowski, Archbishop of Gnesen and Posen, ( Poland, part of the Russian Empire ).

The 26 founding members came from the group of 32 members who had paid dues by March 13, including strip cartoonists Wally Bishop ( Muggs and Skeeter ), Martin Branner ( Winnie Winkle ), Ernie Bushmiller ( Nancy ), Milton Caniff, Gus Edson ( The Gumps ), Ham Fisher ( Joe Palooka ), Harry Haenigsen ( Penny ), Fred Harman ( Red Ryder ), Bill Holman ( Smokey Stover ), Jay Irving ( Willie Doodle ), Stan MacGovern ( Silly Milly ), Al Posen ( Sweeney and Son ), Clarence Russell ( Pete the Tramp ), Otto Soglow ( The Little King ), Jack Sparling ( Claire Voyant ), Raeburn Van Buren ( Abbie an ' Slats ), Dow Walling ( Skeets ) and Frank Willard ( Moon Mullins ).

When Al Posen originated the idea of National Cartoonists Society tours to entertain American servicemen, he became the NCS Director of Overseas Shows.

Holman defined " notary sojac " as Gaelic for " Merry Christmas " ( Nodlaig Sodhach ), and " 1506 nix nix " was reportedly a private joke that included the hotel room number of Holman's friend, cartoonist Al Posen.