Historical Events
- "Beatlemania" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 920 performances
- D Bautista of Mexico completes 20,000 m walk in record 1:20:06.8
Nobel Prize
Mother Teresa of Calcutta awarded Nobel Peace Prize
Mother Teresa
- Pittsburgh Pirates beat Balt Orioles, 4 games to 3 in 76th World Series
Event of Interest
US President Jimmy Carter signs legislation creating Department of Education
Jimmy Carter
Famous Birthdays
- Kimi Räikkönen, Finnish race car driver (World Championship 2007), born in Espoo
- Kostas Tsartsaris, Greek basketball player
- Marcela Bovio, Mexican singer and violinist (Stream of Passion)
Famous Deaths
- John Stuart, Scottish actor (Kittie, Superman, Number Seventeen), dies at 81
- Karel Reiner, Czech composer, dies at 69
- S J Perelman, American author, humorist and screenwriter (The New Yorker, Around the World in 80 Days), dies at 75