Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda became the last Japanese soldier to surrender, 29 years after WWII ended.
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Space Shuttle Discovery completed its last-ever mission and made its final landing onto Kennedy's runway at 11:57 am EST.
A five-day blizzard started in the south of England and killed 200 people.
Barbie was presented to the public for the first time.
The US record industry reported that for the first time since 1987, sales of vinyl records exceeded CD sales.
The Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 9 was launched into orbit.
