American gangster Al Capone pleaded guilty to tax evasion.
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Gold medalist Tommie Smith was suspended for performing the Black Power salute during the Olympics.
The US bought Alaska from the Russian Empire.
Former Pakistani politician Benazir Bhutto returned to Pakistan as suicide bombers attacked her convoy in Karachi.
Canada legally declared women as 'persons.'
American independent adventure movie 'My Own Private Idaho,' starring River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves, was released.