Washington National Airport became the US first federal airport.
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Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space.
Grease, starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, was released in the US.
The Wizard of Oz was shown at The Chicago Grand Opera House for the first time.
Ghostbusters II was released in 2,410 movie theaters across the US.
IBM was founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York.
