Thomas Edison spoke on the radio for the first time at a dinner for the National Electric Light Association.
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The Coen brothers film, ''No Country for Old Men," premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.
English forces invaded and captured the Spanish colony of Jamaica.
STS 77 (Endeavour 11) was launched into orbit.
A Boeing 727 crashed into a mountain in Medellin, Colombia.
The Lost World: Jurassic Park, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Jeff Goldblum and Julianne Moore, premiered in the US.
