Ronald Reagan is sworn in as Governor of California.
Reagan became the 40th U.S. president in 1981.
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The world's largest plane, The Stratolaunch, had its first flight from the Mojave Desert in California.
A helicopter carrying nine people, including Kobe Bryant and his daughter, crashed in California with no survivors.
Philadelphia premiered in Century City, California. It was one of the first mainstream films about AIDS, directed by Jonathan Demme.
Pan American Airlines completed its first round the world commercial trip.
San Francisco leaders George Moscone and Harvey Milk are murdered.
