Historical Events
- Buttevant Rail Disaster kills 18 and injures dozens of train passengers in Ireland.
- Gerd Wessig of East Germany set high jump record
- Waldemar Cierpinski wins 19th olympics marathon (2:11:03
Famous Birthdays
- Mancini, Ipatinga, Brazilian footballer
Famous Deaths
- Patrick Depailler, French Formula 1 driver (b. 1944)
Strother Martin
Strother Martin, American actor (Cool Hand Luke, Slapshot), dies of heart attack at 61

Strother Martin