Historical Events
- "Barnum" opens at St James Theater NYC for 854 performances
- Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands, abdicates; Princess Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard becomes Queen
- Ronald Harwood's "The Dresser" premieres in London
- Terrorists seize Iranian Embassy in London
Famous Deaths
- Luis Muñoz Marín, Puerto Rican poet, journalist, and politician (b. 1898)
- Mary McCarty, American actress and singer (Babes in Toyland, Trapper John MD), dies of a heart attack at 56