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Phil Smith and Phil Mayfield parachute off a Houston skyscraper, becoming the first two people to BASE jump from objects in all four categories: buildings, antennae, spans (bridges), and earth (cliffs).
United Airlines Flight 266 crashes into Santa Monica Bay killing all 32 passengers and six crew members.
Capital Airlines Flight 20 crashes into a farm in Charles City County, Virginia, killing all 50 aboard, the third fatal Capital Airlines crash in as many years.
Born: Tim Barlow, English actor (died 2023).
Wilhelm I of Germany is proclaimed Kaiser Wilhelm in the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles (France) towards the end of the Franco-Prussian War. Wilhelm already had the title of German Emperor since the constitution of 1 January 1871, but he had hesitated to accept the title.
Died: Odilo, duke of Bavaria.
Nika riots in Constantinople fail.
General Magnentius is proclaimed emperor by Roman aristocrats discontent with the rule of emperor Constans.