Adolf Eichmann was found guilty of war crimes in Israel.
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Arthur Ashe became the first black person to be ranked number one in tennis.
Rain Man, directed by Barry Levinson, starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise, premiered in New York.
Adolf Hitler declared the imminent extermination of the Jews at a meeting in the Reich Chancellery.
The first case of the bubonic plague was announced in Honolulu.
Mexico was officially recognized as an independent nation by the US.