US President John F. Kennedy addressed Congress and promised to put a man on the moon within a decade.
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Oscar Wilde was sentenced to two years of hard labor for committing gross acts of indecency with another male person.
Alien, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Sigourney Weaver, was released.
Jay Leno became the permanent host of ''The Tonight Show."
The original Star Wars film (Episode IV – A New Hope), directed by George Lucas, was first released.
The South Lebanon Conflict, which began in 1985, ended on this day, and Lebanon became liberated.
