The United States conducted its first and only nuclear artillery test at the Nevada Test Site.
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The South Lebanon Conflict, which began in 1985, ended on this day, and Lebanon became liberated.
At the 53rd Cannes Film Festival, 'Dancer in the Dark,' directed by Lars von Trier starring Björk, won the Palme d'Or award.
Oscar Wilde was sentenced to two years of hard labor for committing gross acts of indecency with another male person.
32-year-old Erik Weihenmayer from Boulder, Colorado, became the first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
Alien, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Sigourney Weaver, was released.
