Frederic M. Lord was born. A pioneer in the field of psychological measurement and testing, Lord's seminal publication 'Statistical Theories of Mental Test Scores' written with Melvin R. Novick published in 1968 is widely acknowledged as the text that ushered in the modern era of psychometric theory and practice.

In 1988 Frederic M. Lord won the American Psychological Association (APA) Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions and in 1990 received The National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) Award for Career Contributions to Educational Measurement which honors a person whose contributions over a career have had a widespread positive impact on the field of educational measurement.