Grease The Musical first opened at the Eden Theatre in Manhattan, New York.
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Pale Blue Dot, an iconic photo of our Earth, was taken by Voyager 1 space probe.
The Knesset, Israel's parliament, convened for the first time.
Whitney Houston's self-titled album was released.
Hundreds of Jews in Strasbourg, France, were publicly burnt to death.
The discovery of Earth's wobbling motion on its axis was presented to the Royal Society, London, in a letter written by astronomer James Bradley.
