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Sugar Babies - The Burlesque Musical, starring Ann Miller and Mickey Rooney, is presented at The Mark Hellinger Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1208 performances.
The musical 42nd Street is presented at The Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. It will subsequently move to the Majestic Theatre and then to The St. James Theatre, before finally closing in 1989, having racked up a total of 3,486 performances.
At J And S Enterprises, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, obsessive Beatles fan Mark Chapman purchases a .38 calibre "charter arms undercover" short-barrelled revolver for the sum of $169. This is the weapon he will use to murder John Lennon. 
Steve Peregrin Took, a former member of Tyrannosaurus Rex (aka T.Rex) dies aged 31 from asphyxiation after choking on a cocktail cherry at his apartment in North Kensington, London, England, UK, Europe. Although Took and his girlfriend, Valerie Billiet, had ingested morphine and hallucinogens the night before, authorities ruled that neither contributed to his death.The Police reach No1 in the UK singles chart with Don't Stand So Close To Me. On the same day, they play in the Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, Canada.
Motorhead release the single Ace Of Spades on Bronze Records in the UK. It is the title track and first single from their fourth album, Ace Of Spades.