Amid State Department concern over the possibility of an escalated Iran-Iraq war leading to U.S. involvement, a Navy destroyer fired warning shots at an Iranian patrol plane that came too close to American warships in the Persian Gulf. It was the first time a U.S. warship had opened fire in the area although there had been several occasions where Iranian planes were so close that shots had been considered.

After periodic lightening up of winter here, low temperatures and harsh winds dropped the wind chill index to around zero.

School board members Mary Lou Wright, Jane Rutledge and Maggie Carttar were to hub a screening committee to find a successor to Carl Knox as local superintendent.