Paavo Nurmi ran a world record time of 3000 meters in 8 minutes and 25 seconds.
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John Hancock was unanimously elected President of the Continental Congress.
Scott Carpenter orbited the Earth three times in the US Aurora 7.
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, directed by Steven Spielberg and produced by George Lucas, premiered.
Leo Delibes' opera 'Le Roi l'a Dit' premiered in Paris at the Opéra-Comique.
Amy Johnson became the first woman to fly solo from the UK to Australia.
