Historical Events
- "Damn Yankees" opens at Marquis Theater NYC for 510 performances
- "Philoktetes Variations" with Ron Vawter premieres in Brussels
Event of Interest
US Internal Revenue Service investigates baseball player Darryl Strawberry
Darryl Strawberry
Famous Deaths
- Anita Morris, actress (Nine), dies of cancer at 50
- Bob Crisp, South African cricketer (9 Tests for South Africa, 20 wickets at 37 35), dies at 82
- Ezra Stone [Chaim Feinstone], American director, actor and producer (My Living Doll, Henry Aldrich), dies in a road accident at 76
- Karel Kryl, Czechoslovak folk singer, dies at 49
- Mauritius van Haegendoren, Flemish historian and senator, dies at 90