Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” hit number one on the Billboard 200 and stayed there for 37 weeks.
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The UK had its first Grand National Steeplechase at Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool.
Napoleon Bonaparte escaped from Elba.
£1 notes were circulated in Britain.
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill went public that Britain had its first atomic bomb and planned to test it in Australia by the end of the year.
The New York Philharmonic Orchestra performed in Pyongyang, North Korea.
