Driving Miss Daisy, directed by Bruce Beresford, was released.
It went on to win Best Picture.
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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug was released in theaters in the US.
NASA launched the first-ever active repeater communications satellite.
New Zealand made history by passing the world’s first tobacco ban.
The first music store in America was opened in Philadelphia by Michael Hillegas.
The English transport ship Duke William sank in the North Atlantic, killing over 360 people.
