Rain Man, directed by Barry Levinson, starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise, premiered in New York.
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Mark David Chapman pleaded guilty to the murder of John Lennon in New York.
New York became the 11th state to join the United States of America.
Going My Way, starring Bing Crosby, premiered in New York.
A bill in New York to reinstate the death penalty became law.
The first historically Black intercollegiate Greek-lettered fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha, was founded.
