Pan Am ceases operations. The Pan American World Airways, the largest airline in the United States began operations in October 1927.

China adopts its current constitution. The Constitution of the People's Republic of China replaced the Constitutions of 1954, 1975, and 1978.

Led Zeppelin disbands. The British rock band announced that it was disbanding 12 years after coming on the music scene after the death of drummer John Bonham.

Dianne Feinstein became the first female mayor of San Francisco. A United States Senator from California, Feinstein became the 38th mayor of San Francisco after the murder of George Moscone.

First Sunday paper published. The Observer, a British newspaper became the first newspaper in the world to be published and read on a Sunday.