Historical Events
- Baseball's proposed switch to a three-division format OKed in AL
- Houston's Darryl Kile throws 3rd no-hitter of season in 7-1 over Mets
- Wang Junxia creates a women's world record 10,000m (29:31.78) at the Chinese National Games
Famous Deaths
- Hall Bartlett, American director (Jonathan Livingston Seagull), dies at 70
- Lorin "Whitey" Harrison, surfer, dies of a heart attack at 80
- Zaki Naguib Mahmoud, Egyptian philosopher/author/diplomat, dies at 88