Historical Events
- 1st Blockbuster Entertainment Awards held at Pantages Theatre, Hollywood
- Expos pitcher Pedro Martinez perfect game is broken up in 10th inning as San Diego's Bip Roberts leads off with a double, Mont wins 1-0
Famous Deaths
- Alastair Webster Mackie, poet/teacher, dies at 69
- Dilys Powell, film Critic, dies at 93
- Estelle Brody, actress (Safari, Kitty, Plaything), dies at 94
- Frank Waters, American writer, dies at 92
- J. Presper Eckert, Jr., American engineer and co-inventor (1st electronic computer-ENIAC), dies at 76
- Jean-Patrick Manchette, French thriller writer (3 to Kill, The Prone Gunman), dies at 52