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2019

Nepalese Sherpa Kami Rita breaks the record for the number of ascents of Mount Everest—24.

2013

Microsoft launches the Xbox One video game console.

1992

After 30 years, host Johnny Carson hosts his final episode of “The Tonight Show.” His guests are Robin Williams and Bette Midler.

1983

David Bowie’s song “Let’s Dance” reaches No. 1.

1982

The British military attacks the Falkland Islands off the coast of Argentina.

1980

George Lucas’s film “Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back” is released in theaters.

1969

Robert F. Kennedy’s assassin, Sirhan Sirhan, is sentenced to death, a sentence later commuted to life in prison.

1927

Aviator Charles A. Lindbergh completes the first nonstop solo transatlantic flight.

1920

In Montreal, radio station XWA broadcasts the first program in North America.

1908

The first horror film, “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde,” premieres in Chicago.

1904

The International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) is founded in Paris.

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