Rain Man, directed by Barry Levinson, starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise, premiered in New York.
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Winona Ryder was arrested.
King Carloman II of West Francia was mortally wounded while out hunting.
Arthur Ashe became the first black person to be ranked number one in tennis.
Adolf Hitler declared the imminent extermination of the Jews at a meeting in the Reich Chancellery.
A 7.8 earthquake hit Flores Island in Indonesia, which caused an 82-foot tsunami, killing about 2,500 people.
