Historical Events
- "Side Show," opens at Richard Rodgers Theater NYC for 91 performances
Famous Deaths
- Adam Kennedy, American actor, screenwriter, novelist ant painter (The Californians, Just Like Humphrey Bogart), dies of a heart attack at 75
- Audra Lindley, American actress (Three's Company, The Relic, Ropers), dies of complications from leukemia at 79
- James A. Michener, American author (South Pacific, Sayonara), dies of kidney failure at 90