Historical Events
- Graeme Pollock completes 274 v Australia at Durban
- NBA expands to 18 teams with Buffalo, Cleveland, Houston & Portland
Famous Birthdays
- Jeff Rouse, American 50m/100m backstroke swimmer (Olymp-gold/silver-92, 96), born in Fredericksburg, Virginia
- Mark Hutton, Australian baseball pitcher (NY Yankees), born in Adelaide, Australia
- Per Frandsen, Danish footballer, born in Copenhagen, Denmark
Famous Deaths
- Roscoe Karns, American actor (Capt Shafer-Hennesey), dies at 78