The Terminator, with Arnold Schwarzenegger, was released in the US.
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The US received Anwar Sadat, its first Egyptian presidential visit.
The Cedar Fire swept through San Diego County, California, destroying 2,232 homes and killing fifteen people.
Inventor Hamilton Smith received his patent for his rotary washing machine.
Pan American Airways made the first commercial flight of the Boeing 707 from New York City to Paris.
The most famous western gunfight happened at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona.