Historical Events
Television Premiere
"Laverne & Shirley" TV spinoff from "Happy Days" starring Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams premieres on ABC TV
Penny Marshall
- 9th ABA All-Star Game: Denver 144 beats ABA 138 at Denver
- Morocco-Algeria battles in West Sahara
- Viv Richards scores his 1st Test century against Australia
Famous Birthdays
- Ahn Jung-Hwan, Korean football player
- Clint Ford, American voice actor
- Haimish Karrasch, Australian rower (Olympics 1996)
- Mike Ferrier, Suriname/Dutch soccer player (FC Volendam, Salernitana)
- Rhett Warrener, Shaunavon, NHL defenseman (Florida Panthers)
- Ruby Lin, Taiwanese actress and singer