Musical “Grease” opened at the New London Theatre.
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The first Harry Potter book, 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone,' hit the shelves in the UK.
Dr. Zabdiel Boylston of Harvard University gave the first smallpox inoculations in Boston following America's biggest outbreak.
President Bill Clinton ordered a US cruise missile strike on Iraq.
The US Navy's Vanguard SLV-2 launch vehicle failed to reach Earth's orbit.
Ice Age: Continental Drift premiered in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
