Mayor Kevin White announces that he will not run for reelection.

White makes the announcement in a paid political announcement that airs at 6:55 p.m. on all Boston’s major television and radio stations – but only after misleading the Boston Herald about his intentions. The night before, White had told Herald reporter Peter Lucas that he was going to run, which prompts the Boston Herald to run a front-page story that morning with a headline that read, “White Will Run.”