The movie “Malcolm X,” starring Denzel Washington, was released in the US.
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Sony Music Soundtrax released their 'Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture' album.
The Brazilian Space Agency announced that the country's Amazon rainforest had suffered its biggest spike in deforestation in over a decade.
St. Peter's Basilica in The Vatican City was consecrated, becoming the world's largest Christian basilica.
An American 26-year-old, John Allen Chau, was killed by natives living on the forbidden Sentinel Island in the Bay of Bengal.
Push-button telephones were made available to the general public for the first time.
