Mikhail Gorbachev was elected as the Soviet Union’s first President.
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Maine became the 23rd state to join the United States of America.
NASA's Discovery Space Shuttle launched from the Kennedy Space Center on mission STS-119.
Billboard started publishing the top album charts list with the King Cole Trio as the first #1.
Explorer Christopher Columbus wrote a letter about his travels to the New World.
Dr. Bernard Fantus and his team opened the very first 'blood bank' in Cook County Hospital, Chicago, US.
