Historical Events
- Ali Haji-Sheikh kicks 56 yard field goal, a NY Giants record
- Australia II wins America's Cup yacht race - 1st non-US winner
- Cosmonauts Titov & Strekalov are saved from exploding Soyuz T-10
- Lebanon premier Chafiq Wazzan offers to resigns
- Soviet military officer Stanislav Petrov averts a worldwide nuclear war by judging supposed missile attack from the US an error
- St Louis Card Bob Forsch 2nd no-hitter beats Montreal Expos, 3-0