8th » The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is established.
11th » Hurricane Edna hits New England as a Category 3 hurricane, causing significant damage and 29 deaths.
14th » In a Totskoye nuclear exercise called top secret nuclear test, a Soviet Tupolev Tu-4 known as Tu-4 bomber drops a 40 kiloton atomic weapon just north of Totskoye village.
26th » Japanese train ferry named rail ferry 'Tōya Maru' sinks during a typhoon in the Tsugaru Strait, Japan killing 1,172.
27th » The nationwide debut of 'Tonight Starring Steve Allen' '(The Tonight Show)' hosted by Steve Allen on NBC.
29th » The convention establishing CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) is signed.
12th » Scott Hamilton (musician) called Scott Hamilton, American saxophonist
12th » Peeter Volkonski, Estonian singer-songwriter and actor (Propeller (band) named Propeller)
13th » Steve Kilbey, English-Australian singer-songwriter and bass player (The Church (band) known as The Church and Jack Frost (band) called Jack Frost)
14th » Barry Cowsill, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (The Cowsills) (d. 2005)
20th » Henry Samueli, American businessman, co-founded Broadcom
20th » Brinke Stevens, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
21st » Shinzō Abe, Japanese politician, 90th Prime Minister of Japan
21st » Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor, English drummer (Motörhead and Waysted)
22nd » Shari Belafonte, American actress and singer
22nd » Randy Lanier, American race car driver and drug trafficker
23rd » Charlie Barnett (comedian) named Charlie Barnett, American actor (d. 1996)
23rd » Cherie Blair, English lawyer and academic, Spouse of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
24th » Helen Lederer, Welsh actress and screenwriter
24th » Lilian Mercedes Letona, Salvadoran activist (d. 1983)
24th » Marco Tardelli, Italian footballer and coach
25th » Sakis Boulas, Greek singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2014)
25th » Sylvester Croom, American football player and coach
25th » Joep Lange, Dutch physician and academic (d. 2014)
25th » Juande Ramos, Spanish footballer and manager
25th » Tim Smit, Dutch-English gardener and businessman
26th » Craig Chaquico, American guitarist (Jefferson Starship)
26th » Kevin Kennedy (baseball) known as Kevin Kennedy, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster
27th » Ray Hadley, Australian radio and television host
27th » Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Russian violinist and conductor
27th » Larry Wall, American computer programmer and author
28th » Steve Largent, American football player and politician
28th » George Lynch (musician) George Lynch, American guitarist and songwriter (Dokken, Lynch Mob (band) Lynch Mob, Souls of We, and Tooth and Nail (band) Tooth and Nail)