Historical Events
- 1st female to captain a 747 across Atlantic (Lynn Rippelmeyer)
- Geraldine A Ferraro, (Rep-D-NY), wins Democratic VP nomination
Famous Birthdays
- Alessandra De Rossi, Filipino actress
- Holly Roffey, English youngest heart transplant (d. 1984)
- Lasse Gjertsen, Norwegian animator
- Lewis Price, Welsh footballer
Famous Deaths
- Carol Eberts Veazie, actress (Maude Endles-Norby), dies at 89
- Faina Ranevskaya, Russian actress (b. 1896)
- Geert Lubberhuizen, Dutch publisher (Busy Bee), dies at 68