Historical Events
- 15th Toronto International Film Festival: "Cyrano de Bergerac" directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau wins the People's Choice Award
- Chicago White Sox Bobby Thigpen is 1st to record 50 saves
- Florida lottery goes over $100,000,000
- France announce it will send 4,000 troops to Persian Gulf
Famous Deaths
- G. M. J. Veldkamp, Dutch politician (CDA), dies at 69
- Valentin Ignatyevich Filatyev, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 60