Driving Miss Daisy, directed by Bruce Beresford, was released.
It went on to win Best Picture.
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The clip-on tie was designed.
Sir Francis Drake set sail from England on a circumnavigation of the world.
Pope Celestine V resigned after just five months in the job to return to his life as an ascetic hermit.
The Beatles signed on with their first formal manager, Brian Epstein.
The third and last moonwalk of the Apollo 17 mission began.