Historical Events
Event of Interest
Australian tennis star Evonne Goolagong Cawley wins her second WTA Tour Championship at the Los Angeles Sports Arena; beats Chris Evert 6–3, 5–7, 6–3
Chris Evert
Baseball Record
NL greatest comeback, trailing 12-1 Phils win 18-16 in 10, Mike Schmidt hits 4 consecutive HRs
Mike Schmidt
Famous Birthdays
- Alex Nesic, Serbian-French-American actor, born in Santa Barbara, California
- Monet Mazur, American actress and musician, born in Los Angeles, California
Famous Deaths
- Henrik Dam, Danish biochemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1895)
- Jean-Jacques Gailliard, Belgian painter, dies at 85