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Bruce Miller is killed at his junkyard near Flint, Michigan. His wife Sharee Miller, who convinced her online lover Jerry Cassaday to kill him (before later killing himself) was convicted of the crime, in what became the world's first Internet murder.
American pay television network Home Box Office (HBO) launches.
American Airlines Flight 383 crashes in Constance, Kentucky, killing 58.
Korean War: United States Air Force Lt. Russell J. Brown, while piloting an F-80 Shooting Star, shoots down two North Korean MiG-15s in the first jet aircraft-to-jet aircraft dogfight in history.
The New Orleans general strike begins, uniting black and white American trade unionists in a successful four-day general strike action for the first time.
Born: Henry II of Lorraine (died 1624).
Battle of Andrassos: Byzantines under Leo Phokas the Younger score a crushing victory over the Hamdanid Emir of Aleppo, Sayf al-Dawla.
Died: Sawara, Japanese prince.