Historical Events
- Pee Wee Reese & Rick Ferrell elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame
- Tennis legend Martina Navratilova retains her WTA Tour Championship in NYC; beats Chris Evert 6–3, 7–5, 6–1 for her 5th overall Championship title
Famous Birthdays
- Ai Iwamura, Japanese actress
- Zak Whitbread, American-born English footballer
Famous Deaths
- Ernest Buckler, Canadian novelist (b. 1908)
- Geoffrey Lumsden, British actor (b. 1914)
- Jewel Carmen, American actress (b. 1897)
- Shalva Mikhaylovich Mshvelidze, composer, dies at 79