Historical Events
- 45th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-2 at 3 Rivers Stadium, Pitts
- All star MVP: Steve Garvey (LA Dodgers)
- Greek military dictatorship collapses
Famous Birthdays
- Kathryn Hahn, American actress
- Maurice Greene, American 100m runner, born in Kansas City, Kansas
- Rik Verbrugghe, Belgian cyclist
- Sonny Siaki, Samoan-born professional wrestler
- Tara Williams, WNBA guard (Phoenix Mercury)
- Terry Glenn, American football player (New England Patriots), born in Columbus, Ohio (d. 2017)
Famous Deaths
- Mary Forbes, actress (Nun-Les Miserables, Ivy), dies at 90