NASA’s STS-40 became the first spaceflight with three women to be launched into space.
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Isaac Newton was admitted as a student to Cambridge University’s Trinity College.
Serbia declared its independence from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro.
Baltimore and Philadelphia were linked up by telegraph.
The District Court ruled that segregation was unconstitutional in Montgomery.
Sirhan Sirhan assassinated Robert F. Kennedy, the late President Kennedy's younger brother.