Alien, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Sigourney Weaver, was released.
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Martin Luther was declared an outlaw by the Holy Roman Emperor.
US President John F. Kennedy addressed Congress and promised to put a man on the moon within a decade.
Oscar Wilde was sentenced to two years of hard labor for committing gross acts of indecency with another male person.
At the 53rd Cannes Film Festival, 'Dancer in the Dark,' directed by Lars von Trier starring Björk, won the Palme d'Or award.
32-year-old Erik Weihenmayer from Boulder, Colorado, became the first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
