Historical Events
- 1st transmission of CNN, the Cable News Network
- ANC sets fire to Sasol oil installations in South Africa
Music Concert
Barbra Streisand appears at an ACLU Benefit in California
Barbra Streisand
- Steve Garvey, hits the 7,000th Dodger home run
Famous Birthdays
- Oliver James, British actor
Famous Deaths
- Arthur Nielsen, American market analyst (b. 1897)
- Rube Marquard, American baseball pitcher, dies at 90