The disaster movie “Twister” by Michael Crichton premiered.
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Christopher Columbus spotted the Cayman Islands.
Mother's Day was officially celebrated for the first time in Grafton, West Virginia.
Uber became a public company, opening on the New York Stock Exchange.
The first telephone was installed in the telegraph room in the White House, thanks to President Rutherford B. Hayes.
The USSR attempted to launch an uncrewed spacecraft to Mars.
