Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” hit number one on the Billboard 200 and stayed there for 37 weeks.
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Nineteen tourists were killed in a hot air balloon crash in Luxor, Egypt.
Oprah Winfrey was declared not guilty after cattlemen tried to sue her for saying American beef could spread mad cow disease.
The Roman Inquisition ordered Galileo not to teach or defend his theory that Earth and other planets revolve around the sun.
The UK had its first Grand National Steeplechase at Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool.
The HMHS Britannic, sister to the RMS Titanic, was launched at Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
