The zombie horror movie “Dawn of the Dead” premiered in Turin, Italy.
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The United States of America founded Space Command (SPACECOM), the first of its kind in the US Armed Forces.
A bill in New York to reinstate the death penalty became law.
Over 400 people died in the Great Hinckley Fire, a forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota.
Blacksmith, Patrick Lyon stole $162,821 in cash and gold from a vault at the Bank of Pennsylvania.
The world population on Earth passed 3 billion.