At the 33rd Cannes Film Festival, “All That Jazz” and “Kagemusha” were jointly awarded the Palme d’Or award.
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Wilfred Benítez became the youngest 3-division world champion in history at age 22 after knocking out Maurice Hope in 12 rounds.
Twelve doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston performed the first successful reattachment of a human limb – it was the severed arm of a boy.
Benjamin Franklin announced his invention of bifocal eyeglasses.
South Carolina became the 8th state to join the United States of America.
Joan of Arc was captured by the Burgundian Faction at the siege of Compiègne.
