Historical Events
- San Francisco Giants beat rival LA Dodgers, 8-7 in 4 hours 18 minutes in Game 2 NL tie-break series; longest 9-inning game in MLB history; Giants win series, 2-1
- US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island
Famous Birthdays
- Aziz M. Osman, Malaysian actor and director
- Esai Morales, American actor (Bad Boys, La Bamba), born in NYC, New York
- Mark Rypien, Canadian NFL quarterback (Super Bowl MVP 1991; Washington Redskins), born in Calgary, Alberta
- Sigtryggur Baldursson, Icelandic drummer (The Sugarcubes)
Famous Deaths
- Boris Y. Bukreev, Russian mathematician (b. 1859)
- Frank Lovejoy, American actor (Man Against Crime, Meet McGraw), dies from a heart attack at 50