Lionel Richie’s second album and best-selling of all time, “Can’t Slow Down,” was released.
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Theodore Roosevelt became the first US President to fly in an airplane.
The Russian Soyuz MS-10 manned spacecraft malfunctioned during takeoff and made an emergency landing in Kazakhstan.
NASA launched its first space probe, Pioneer 1.
The world's longest flight took place between Singapore and Newark Airport.
NASA launched STS-92 to the International Space Station, which became the 100th Space Shuttle mission.
