Historical Events
- Chip Beck ties PGA record lowest 18 hole score of 59 during 3rd round of the Las Vegas Invitational at the Sunrise GC
- Law Professor Anita Hill testifies Clarence Thomas sexually harassed her
- Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart seen soliciting a prostitute
Famous Birthdays
- Chauncey Matthews, American Juniors singer, born in San Diego, California
Famous Deaths
- Redd Foxx, American comedian (Sanford & Sons), dies of heart attack at 68
- Steven Jesse Bernstein, American underground poet (suicide) (b. 1950)