Pan American Airways made the first commercial flight of the Boeing 707 from New York City to Paris.
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The American sci-fi movie 'Donnie Darko' with Jake Gyllenhaal was released in the US.
Ida B. Wells published 'Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases.'
The Soyuz 3 spacecraft achieved the first Soviet space rendezvous with Soyuz 2.
Inventor Hamilton Smith received his patent for his rotary washing machine.
The twenty-fourth James Bond movie 'Spectre,' starring Daniel Craig, premiered in London.
