The city planning simulation game SimCity was released for the Apple Macintosh.
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Singers Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson released their song 'Say Say Say.'
The last Prince of Wales, Dafydd ap Gruffudd, was the first person recorded to have been hanged, drawn, and quartered.
A picture of Pope John Paul II was torn up by the Irish singer Sinead O'Connor on Saturday Night Live.
Violet Stewart Piercy, a long-distance runner from England, set the first recorded marathon win for women at 3:40:22.
ABC aired the first episode of 'The Mickey Mouse Club.'
