US President John F. Kennedy addressed Congress and promised to put a man on the moon within a decade.
Source
The South Lebanon Conflict, which began in 1985, ended on this day, and Lebanon became liberated.
32-year-old Erik Weihenmayer from Boulder, Colorado, became the first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
Jay Leno became the permanent host of ''The Tonight Show."
Alien, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Sigourney Weaver, was released.
Oscar Wilde was sentenced to two years of hard labor for committing gross acts of indecency with another male person.
