The Mummy, directed by Stephen Sommers and starring Brendan Fraser, premiered in the US.
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The American Medical Association was formed.
US Air Force Major Howard Johnson set the world aircraft altitude record in a Lockheed F-104 Starfighter. He broke the world altitude record by flying to 91,243 feet.
Vladimir Putin was inaugurated as President of Russia.
A NASA X-ray astronomy space telescope called 'Small Astronomy Satellite Explorer 53' was launched into space.
The first inaugural ball was held.
