Events in Sport
Event of Interest
American Mario Andretti in a Lotus finishes 10th in the season ending Canadian Grand Prix at Île Notre-Dame Circuit, but wins his first Formula 1 World Drivers Championship by 13 points from Ronnie Peterson
Mario Andretti
- Yanks win 3rd straight AL Championship, all against Kansas City
Birthdays in Sport
- Antonino D'Agostino, Italian football player, born in Turin, Italy
- Mick O'Driscoll, Irish rugby player, born in Cork, Ireland
Deaths in Sport
- Jim Gilliam, coach (LA Dodgers), dies at 49