Korean Air Flight 801 crashed while approaching Guam airport, killing 229 of the 254 people aboard.
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Pittsburgh hosted the world's largest pinball tournament.
US President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act, which was introduced to stop voting discrimination against minority groups.
A team of NASA scientists declared that the Martian ALH 84001 meteorite might contain traces of alien life.
World Resources Institute reported that a quarter of the world's population is running out of water.
Mount Tongariro in New Zealand erupted for the first time in 115 years.
