Historical Events
- Dan Jansen skates world record 500m in 36.41"
- Hubble space telescope optics finds NGC3862/3C264
Famous Deaths
- John Touchstone, American actor (Across Five Aprils), dies of cirrhosis at 59
- Mahmoud Riad, sec-gen of Arab League (1972-79), dies
- Nico Schuyt, Dutch composer, dies at 70
- Vernon William Reed Sr, singer, dies after a long illness at 73