Historical Events
- Dow Jones hits record 2,800 (2,810.15)
- Sting joins wrestlings 4 Horsemen (Flair, Arn Anderson, Ole Anderson)
Famous Deaths
- Alan Hale Jr., American actor (Skipper-Gilligan's Island), dies of cancer at 68
- Vladimir Alexis Ussachevsky, Manchuria composer (Creation), dies at 78