Finnish Armi Kuusela won the first Miss Universe Pageant at Long Beach, California.
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The shuttle Atlantis and the Russian space station Mir joined, forming the largest artificial satellite to orbit the earth.
The science Fiction Drama movie 'A.I. Artificial Intelligence' premiered.
French explorer Jacques Cartier discovered Prince Edward Island, off the coast of Canada.
A 5.6 magnitude earthquake dubbed the 'Sierra Madre Earthquake' occurred in South California and caused around $40 million in damages.
The first flight from the West Coast to Hawaii was made by the US Army aircraft, The Bird of Paradise.
