Arthur Ashe became the first black person to be ranked number one in tennis.
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Pennsylvania became the second state to ratify the US constitution.
After countless failures, North Korea launched its first satellite.
Apple made its initial public offering on the US stock market.
Adolf Hitler declared the imminent extermination of the Jews at a meeting in the Reich Chancellery.
Rain Man, directed by Barry Levinson, starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise, premiered in New York.
