Historical Events
- Pan Am places $525,000,000 order for 25 Boeing 747s
Famous Birthdays
- Ali Boumnijel, Tunisian football player, born in Menzel Jemil, Tunisia
- Marc Ford, American musician (The Black Crowes), born in Los Angeles, California
Famous Deaths
- Abdul Salam Arif, Iraqi politician and President of Iraq (1963-66), killed in a plane crash at 45
- Georges Duhamel, French author (Vie et aventures de Salavin, 5 vol.), dies at 81