Historical Events
- "Small Family Business" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 48 performances
- Betty Boothroyd becomes the first woman to be elected Speaker of the British House of Commons in its 700-year history.
- NY Mets trade David Cone to Toronto Blue Jays for Jeff Kent
- The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, comprising Serbia and Montenegro, is proclaimed
Famous Deaths
- Olivier Messiaen, French composer (St Francois d'Assise), dies at 83