Historical Events
- 1st structural steel beams are erected at Gateway (Jacobs Field)
- Cleveland Browns suffer their worst preseason loss, 56-3, to Vikings
- Diplomatic relations are established between the People's Republic of China and South Korea.
- Hurricane Andrew hits South Florida, making landfall at Elliott Key and later Homestead; 44 die and $25 billion in damage is recorded
- Screw magazine superimposed a gunsight over a picture of Larry Flint
Famous Deaths
- Andreas M Donner, Dutch state leader/jurist (Constitution), dies at 74
- Larrie Londin, jazz drummer, dies at 48
