An estimated one million black men attended the Million Man March in Washington, DC, where the principal organizer, Louis Farrakhan of the Nation of Islam, promoted what he called a holy day of atonement and reconciliation.
In a suit against Las Vegas Hilton and its parent company, the Hilton Hotels Corp., a federal jury awarded Tailhook victim Paula A. Coughlin, a navy helicopter pilot, $16.7 million in damages.
An estimated 1,000 members of the United Automobile Workers union (UAW) agreed to end a four-day strike at Chrysler Corporation's McGraw Glass Division in Detroit, Michigan.