Historical Events
- "Peter Pan" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 45 performances
- Heavy earthquake strikes Sicily, 18 die
Meeting of Interest
South African President F. W. de Klerk meets with Nelson Mandela to talk of end of apartheid

Nelson Mandela

F. W. de Klerk
- US Secretary of State Baker questions Iraq's seriousness about Middle East peace
Famous Deaths
Alice Marble
Alice Marble, California, tennis star, dies at 77

Alice Marble
- Friedrich Dörrenmatt, Swiss writer (Besuch der alten Dame), dies at 69