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The musical Your Arms Too Short To Box With God is presented at The Lyceum Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. It will run on Broadway for 429 performances. The musical is based on the Biblical Book of Matthew.
Anti-apartheid
campaigner Steve Biko dies shortly after arrival at Pretoria
prison, Pretoria, South Africa. Police claim his death was
caused by an extended hunger strike, but the autopsy will reveal
that he died because of a brain hemorrhage resulting from massive
injuries to the head while in police custody. Peter Gabriel and the hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest will each write songs inspired by Biko's life and death.
Touring in support of their fifth LP Deceptive Bends, 10cc play at Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, Australia, Oceania.
Almost ten years after its original release in the USA, Elvis Presley's 26th film, Stay Away Joe, opens at cinemas in Colombia, South America.