Sir Malcolm Campbell broke the world record speed exceeding 300 mph on the Bonneville Flats, Utah, US.
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Microsoft purchased Nokia for $7.2 billion.
Dennis Villeneuve's adaptation of Frank Herbert's Dune premiered at the Venice Film Festival.
The Sun newspaper was published for the first time in New York City.
The United States and Great Britain signed the Treaty of Paris, ending the Revolutionary war.
John Lennon and Yoko Ono left the UK and headed to New York City, US.
