The United States conducted its first and only nuclear artillery test at the Nevada Test Site.
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Oscar Wilde was sentenced to two years of hard labor for committing gross acts of indecency with another male person.
Martin Luther was declared an outlaw by the Holy Roman Emperor.
Alien, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Sigourney Weaver, was released.
US President John F. Kennedy addressed Congress and promised to put a man on the moon within a decade.
32-year-old Erik Weihenmayer from Boulder, Colorado, became the first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
