Events
- Marguerite Yourcenar becomes the first woman to be elected to the Académie française.
- Kane and Abel by Jeffrey Archer (published 1979), reaches #1 on the New York Times bestseller list.
- September - Performance of Shakespeare's Macbeth with Peter O'Toole in the lead opens at the Old Vic Theatre, London, often considered one of the greatest disasters in theatre history.
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