Historical Events
- Dutch & British astronomers find spiral nebula Dwingeloo 1
- Small forward Glenn Robinson signs the then most lucrative rookie contract in NBA history, a 10-year, $68.15 million deal with the Milwaukee Bucks
- Space shuttle STS-66 (Atlantis 13), launches
- Susan Smith who claimed her two children were carjacked arrested for murder
- Total solar eclipse in South America (4m23s)
Famous Deaths
- Dennis C Ott, US actor (Star Trek 3/4), dies of AIDs
- Ralph Wyckoff, American scientist and pioneer of X-ray crystallography, dies at 97
- Richard Krautheimer, US art historian, dies at 97