Historical Events
- "Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" closes at Lunt-Fontanne NYC after 16 performances
- 119th Preakness: Pat Day aboard Tabasco Cat wins in 1:56.4
- Reds bat out of order against Dodgers in 2nd inning
- South Yemen secedes from Yemen
Famous Birthdays
- Tom Daley, English diver
Famous Weddings
Wedding of Interest
ABC Sports President Roone Arledge (62) weds third wife Gigi Shaw
Roone Arledge
- Burger King spokesman Dan Cortese (26) weds Dee Dee Hemby (26)
- Country singer Trisha Yearwood (29) weds Robert Reynolds (32)
Famous Deaths
- Cliff Wilson, snooker player, dies at 60
- Forsyth Hardy, documentary film pioneer, dies at 84
- Giovanni Goria, Prime Minister of Italy (1987-88), dies
- John Henry Weidner, Dutch/US resistance fighter, dies at 81