Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Malaysia, officially opened.
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Illinois became the first US state to make it compulsory by law to wear a seatbelt.
Iraqi warplanes bombed the town of Sardasht in Iran with a chemical attack.
Bill Gates stepped down as chairman of Microsoft Corporation.
NASA launched the Columbia Space Shuttle for its final test flight, STS-4.
The world's first operating ATM opened in Enfield, London.
