Historical Events
- "Ain't Misbehavin'" closes at Ambassador Theater NYC after 176 performances
- 10th ACE Cable Awards: HBO wins the Golden CableACE for "Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam"
- Big John Studd wins WWF's 2nd Royal Rumble
- Cerberal Palsy telethon raises 22,600,000
Famous Deaths
- Wilf Slack, English cricketer, dies while playing cricket in Gambia at 34