Dictator Efraín Rios Montt declared himself the president of Guatemala.
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Major record label Columbia Records signed singer Bruce Springsteen.
British explorer Matthew Flinders became the first person to successfully circumnavigate Australia.
Edward Snowden publicly declared that he was the source of the leaked NSA documents.
Robert Goddard was granted a patent for the rocket-powered aircraft.
The sci-fi movie 'Star Trek V: The Final Frontier' was released in the US.
