Jay Leno became the permanent host of “The Tonight Show.”
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Oscar Wilde was sentenced to two years of hard labor for committing gross acts of indecency with another male person.
The Hands Across America charity event was held.
US President John F. Kennedy addressed Congress and promised to put a man on the moon within a decade.
32-year-old Erik Weihenmayer from Boulder, Colorado, became the first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
Oprah Winfrey aired her last show.
