Historical Events
- 19 mountain climbers killed on Japan's Mount Fuji during an avalanche
- Donegall Street bombing: the Provisional Irish Republican Army detonate its first car bomb on Donegall Street in Belfast; four civilians, two RUC officers and a UDR soldier killed while 148 people were wounded
- S Mansholt succeeds Malfatti as chairman of European Committee
Famous Birthdays
- Ajah Wilson-Ogechukwu, soccer player (Roda JC)
- Alexander Kapranos, Greek-British musician (Franz Ferdinand)
Famous Deaths
- Aad de Haas, Dutch religious painter, graphic artist and cartoonist, dies at 51
- Jan Engelman, Dutch poet and art critic (At the Front), dies at 71
- Marilyn Maxwell, American actress and entertainer (Champion, The Lemon Drop Kid, East of Sumatra), dies of a heart attack at 50