Lionel Richie’s second album and best-selling of all time, “Can’t Slow Down,” was released.
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The Russian Soyuz MS-10 manned spacecraft malfunctioned during takeoff and made an emergency landing in Kazakhstan.
The American sketch comedy series 'Saturday Night Live' premiered on US television.
Around 200,000 people marched through Washington, D.C. streets to fight for gay and lesbian civil rights.
NASA launched STS-92 to the International Space Station, which became the 100th Space Shuttle mission.
NASA astronaut Kathy Sullivan became the first woman to walk in space.
