Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Malaysia, officially opened.
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Stock markets crashed in New York because of a public panic, which was traced back to wheat crop failure in Argentina.
James Bond's eighth movie, 'Live and Let Die,' was released in the US.
NASA launched the Columbia Space Shuttle for its final test flight, STS-4.
Illinois became the first US state to make it compulsory by law to wear a seatbelt.
Cherokee warriors defeated British forces at the Battle of Echoee, during the Anglo-Cherokee War.