Historical Events
- Cleveland Indians stage 1st "I hate the Yankee Hanky Night"
Event of Interest
Jerry Lewis' 12th Muscular Dystrophy telethon
Jerry Lewis
- Red Army Faction kidnaps and subsequently murders West German business executive Hanns Martin Schleyer
- Voyager 1 (US) launched toward fly-by of Jupiter, Saturn
Famous Birthdays
- Alexey Harkov, Russian bassist (Kipelov, Sergey Mavrin), born in Khimki, Moscow
- Joseba Etxeberria, Spanish football winger, born in Elgoibar, Spain
- Minoru Fujita, Japanese professional wrestler, born in Onoda, Yamaguchi
- Nazr Mohammed, American basketball player, born in Chicago, Illinois
- Rosevelt Colvin, American football player, born in Indianapolis, Indiana
Famous Deaths
- Marcel Thiry, Belgian writer and wallon militant, dies at 80