NBC-TV premiered “Late Night with David Letterman.”
The first guest was comedian and actor Bill Murray.
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The first scientific hand-held calculators (HP-35) hit the markets with a hefty price tag at $395.
Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, founded the 'Biden Foundation.'
Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi was removed from power by a military coup d'état.
The first volume of the Oxford English Dictionary was published.
House of Cards, starring Kevin Spacey, was released as a Netflix Original.