The world’s first McDonald’s drive-through was opened in Arizona.
Source
The X-Files returned for Season 10 after a thirteen-year hiatus.
Lieutenant General Robert Baden-Powell published his manual ''Scouting for Boys."
A B-52 bomber carrying two nuclear bombs broke up mid-air over North Carolina.
Japan launched its first lunar probe, Hiten, from the Uchinoura Space Center.
Charles Darwin was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society for his revolutionary role in developing science.