Dwight D. Eisenhower became the first president to fly in a helicopter.
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The musical 'Sunset Boulevard' by Andrew Lloyd Webber opened at the Adelphi Theater in London.
NASA's Atlantis space shuttle took off from the John F. Kennedy Space Center on mission STS-104.
Basketball player Michael Jordan was offered the richest NBA one-year contract of $30 million from the Chicago Bulls.
The 'X-Men' film premiered in New York on Ellis Island.
Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, was shot in a pistol duel with Vice President Aaron Burr.
