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2019

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

Microsoft launches the Xbox One video game console.

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

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

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

Reggae singer Bob Marley is given a state funeral in Jamaica.

François Mitterrand becomes president of France.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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