Historical Events
- Brian Lara scores his maiden test century, 277 runs West Indies v Australia at cricket at the Sydney Cricket Ground
- Oil tanker MV Braer runs aground on the coast of the Shetland Islands, spilling 84,700 tons of crude oil
- Price is Right model Janice Pennington sues CBS for show accident
Hall of Fame
Reggie Jackson elected to Hall of Fame
Reggie Jackson
- Washington state executes Westley Allan Dodd by hanging (first legal hanging in America since 1965)
Famous Deaths
- Anthony Wakefield Cox, English architect, dies at 77
- George L George, Russian/US journalist/director/producer, dies at 85
- Henk Knol, Suriname MP (PvdA), dies at 61
- Jennifer Raine Bissell, British actress (Thriller, Rush: Inspired by Battlefield) dies from a heart ailment 60
- Juan Benet Goitia, Spanish writer (Herrumbrosas Lanzas), dies at 65
- Klaas Wiersma, Dutch sec of Justice (VVD), dies
- Leonce Gras, Flemish singer/conductor, dies at 84
- Nyamuisi Muvingi, Zaire minister of Culture, murdered
- Ronnie Welsh, actor (Patterns), dies of brain cancer at 52
- Westley A Dodd, US murderer, 1st hanging in US since 1965