Ghostbusters II was released in 2,410 movie theaters across the US.
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Glenn Curtis sold the first airplane in the US for just $5,000.
Grease, starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, was released in the US.
Pepsi Cola became an official trademark.
The US executed an innocent 14-year-old African American teen for the murder of two white girls.
IBM was founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York.
