Going My Way, starring Bing Crosby, premiered in New York.
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The Spider-Man film starring Tobey Maguire premiered.
An F5 tornado hit Oklahoma City, where the highest global wind speeds were recorded.
Legendary investor Warren Buffett dumped all his holdings in the four major US airlines.
West Virginia became the first state to impose a sales tax.
NASA's Columbia Space Shuttle landed at the Kennedy Space Center, concluding mission STS-90.