** Jimmy Alapag, Filipino-American professional basketball player

** Jimmy Roberts, American singer ( b. 1924 )

** Jimmy Skinner, Detroit Red Wings head coach ( d. 2007 )

** The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation arrests Jimmy Hoffa and charges him with bribery.

** Jimmy Dorsey, American jazz musician ( b. 1904 )

** Jimmy Lyons, American musician ( d. 1986 )

** Jimmy Urine, singer for New York punk band Mindless Self Indulgence.

** Jimmy Boyd, American singer, musician and actor

** Jimmy Ruffin, American singer

** Jimmy Hoffa, American labor leader ( disappeared 1975 )

** Jimmy Buffett, American rock singer and songwriter

** Jimmy Velvit, American singer / songwriter

** U. S. President Jimmy Carter announces that the United States will boycott the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.

** Jimmy Wallington, American radio personality ( d. 1972 )

** Jimmy Fallon, American actor and comedian ( Saturday Night Live )

** In San Francisco, during his second televised debate with Jimmy Carter, U. S. President Gerald Ford stumbles when he declares that " there is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe " ( there is at the time ).

** Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Dutch footballer

** Jimmy Nicholl, Canadian-born footballer

** Jimmy Witherspoon, American singer ( d. 1997 )

** Jimmy Tarbuck, English comedian

** Jimmy Kirkwood, Irish-born field hockey player

** Jimmy White, British snooker player

** Democrats sweep the U. S. Congressional midterm elections ; Ronald Reagan is reelected governor of California ; Jimmy Carter is elected governor of Georgia.

** Jimmy Kimmel, American comedian and talk show host

** Dean of Canterbury

** Dean Cain in the 1990s series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman showed Clark as a normal and shy everyman demonstrating occasional touches of clumsiness ( e. g., pretending to burn his mouth on coffee ), but still a highly skilled journalist, much like the current post-Crisis portrayal.

** Vietnam War: United States National Security Council members, including Robert McNamara, Dean Rusk, and Maxwell Taylor, agree to recommend a plan for a 2-stage escalation of bombing in North Vietnam, to President Lyndon B. Johnson.

** Dean Riesner, American film and television screenwriter ( d. 2002 )

** Dean Martin, American actor and singer ( d. 1995 )

** Morgan Stanley and Dean Witter Reynolds investment banks announced a $ 10 billion merger.

** Dean Kamen, American inventor and entrepreneur

** Dean Goss, American game show announcer and disc jockey

** Kurt Schmoke, American Dean, Howard Law School, Mayor of Baltimore

** Dean Smith, American basketball coach

** Dean Francis Alfar, Filipino author

** At Club 500 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis stage their first show as a comedy team.

** Frank Sinatra brings Jerry Lewis's former partner Dean Martin onstage, unannounced, at the 1976 Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon in Las Vegas, Nevada, reuniting the comedy team for the first ( and only ) time in over 20 years.

** Dean Malenko, American professional wrestler

** William Dean Howells, American writer ( b. 1837 )

** Jeffrey Dean Morgan, American actor

** Dean Jagger, American actor ( b. 1903 )

** Dean Torrence, American singer ( Jan and Dean )

** Dean Wilkins, English football manager

** Henry Trendley Dean, American dental researcher ( b. 1893 )

** Dean Acheson, United States Secretary of State ( b. 1893 )

** Vietnam War: U. S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk states during a news conference that proposals by the U. S. Congress for peace initiatives are futile, because of North Vietnam's opposition.

** Basil Dean, English film director and producer ( b. 1887 )