1st » Pope John Paul II begins his first pastoral visit to the United States.
1st » The MTR, the rapid transit railway system in Hong Kong, opens.
1st » The United States returns sovereignty of the Panama Canal to Panama.
2nd » Pope John Paul II denounces all forms of concentration camps and torture while speaking at the U.N. in New York City.
6th » Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit the White House.
12th » The lowest recorded non-tornadic atmospheric pressure, 87.0 kPa (870 mbar or 25.69 inHg), occurred in the Western Pacific during Typhoon Tip.
14th » The first Gay Rights March on Washington, D.C., the National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, demands "an end to all social, economic, judicial, and legal oppression of lesbian and gay people", and draws 200,000 people.
15th » Black Monday (Malta) named Black Monday in Malta. The Building of the Times of Malta, the residence of the opposition leader Eddie Fenech Adami and several Nationalist Party (Malta) e.g Nationalist Party clubs are ransacked and destroyed by supporters of
17th » Mother Teresa awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
17th » The Department of Education Organization Act is signed into law creating the US Department of Education and US Department of Health and Human Services.
21st » Moshe Dayan resigns from the Israeli government because of strong disagreements with Prime Minister Menachem Begin over policy towards the Arabs.
26th » Park Chung-hee, President of South Korea is Park Chung-hee assassination e.g assassinated by Korean Central Intelligence Agency head Kim Jae-kyu. Choi Kyu-ha becomes the acting President; Kim is executed the following May.
27th » Saint Vincent and the Grenadines gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
3rd » Josh Klinghoffer, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Dot Hacker, Ataxia (band) known as Ataxia, and The Bicycle Thief (band) or The Bicycle Thief)
3rd » John Morrison (wrestler) e.g John Morrison, American wrestler and actor