Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, the second in the film series, directed by Steven Spielberg, was released in the US.
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The final episode of LOST aired.
Benjamin Franklin announced his invention of bifocal eyeglasses.
Twelve doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston performed the first successful reattachment of a human limb – it was the severed arm of a boy.
Joan of Arc was captured by the Burgundian Faction at the siege of Compiègne.
At the 33rd Cannes Film Festival, 'All That Jazz' and 'Kagemusha' were jointly awarded the Palme d'Or award.