The Terminator, with Arnold Schwarzenegger, was released in the US.
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Pan American Airways made the first commercial flight of the Boeing 707 from New York City to Paris.
Singer Sinéad O'Connor was converted to Islam.
The Cedar Fire swept through San Diego County, California, destroying 2,232 homes and killing fifteen people.
Cesar Sayoc was arrested for sending 14 pipe bombs to prominent US Democrats.
The most famous western gunfight happened at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona.
