Major Glenn Miller, musician, and composer, disappeared over the English Channel during a flight.
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China successfully landed its moon rover.
Former French President Jacques Chirac was convicted of diverting public funds and received a two-year suspended prison sentence.
Gone with the Wind, the drama film directed by Victor Fleming, premiered in Atlanta, Georgia.
Johnny Cash released 'Folsom Prison Blues.'
The London Underground's Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opened.
