Events in Sport
Event of Interest
- Gundappa Viswanath scores 137 on Test Cricket debut v Australia Kanpur
- SF Giant Willie McCovey edges Tom Seaver as NL MVP
Birthdays in Sport
- Chris Harris, cricketer (son of Zin NZ all-rounder in ODI's)
- Konstantin Semyonov, Israel, Men's pole vaulter (Olympic 11th-1996)
- Malvin Hunter, CFL defensive end (Edmonton Eskimos)
- Richard Dickson Reid, New Zealand road race cyclist (Olympics 1996)
- Silvia Sommaggio, Italian 5k runner