Historical Events
- "Conversations with My Father" opens at Royale NYC for 462 performances
- 12th Golden Raspberry Awards: "Hudson Hawk" wins
- Herb Gardner's "Conversations With My Father" premieres in NYC
- Ice Dance Championship at Oakland won by Klimova & Ponomarenko (CIS)
- Ice Pairs Championship at Oakland won by Mishuktienok & Dmitriev (CIS)
- Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Oak won by Kristi Yamaguchi (USA)
- Men's Figure Skating Championship in Oakland won by Viktor Petrenko (CIS)
- Nabisco Dinah Shore Women's Golf, Mission Hills CC: Dottie Pepper (Mochrie) wins the first of her 2 major titles in a sudden-death playoff with Juli Inkster with par on the 1st extra hole
PGA Players Championship
PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Davis Love III wins by 4 strokes ahead of runners-up Ian Baker-Finch, Phil Blackmar, Nick Faldo, and Tom Watson.
Nick Faldo
Tom Watson
Famous Deaths
- Earl Spencer, father of Lady Diana, dies at 68
Paul Henreid
Paul [G J von] Henreid, Austrian actor (Laszlo-Casablanca), dies at 84
Paul Henreid