Historical Events
- AT&T agrees to divest itself of 22 Bell System companies
- Johnny Cash Parkway opens in Hendersonville, Tennessee
- Justice Department withdraws antitrust suit against IBM, pending since
Famous Birthdays
- Emanuele Calaiò, Italian footballer
- Gaby Hoffman, actress (Field of Dreams, Uncle Buck, Now & Then)
- John Utaka, Nigerian footballer
- wiL Francis, American singer
Famous Deaths
- Gregoire Aslan, actor (Concrete Jungle), dies of 73 of a heart attack
- Reta Shaw, American actress (Ghost & Mrs Muir, Mary Poppins, Picnic), dies of emphysema at 69