Historical Events
- 37th Fiesta Bowl: #11 West Virginia beats #3 Oklahoma, 48-28
Famous Deaths
- George MacDonald Fraser, British poet and author (Flashman at the Charge), dies at 82
- Gerry Staley, American baseball player (b. 1920)
- Her Royal Highness Princess Galyani Vadhana Krommaluang Narathiwat Rajanagarindra, elder sister of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand (b. 1923)
- Lee S. Dreyfus, American politician (b. 1926)