Abdul Mohmand becomes the first person from Afghanistan to Visit Space:
Mohmand, an Afghan Air Force pilot was a crew member of the Soyuz TM-6, a Soviet spacecraft. He was in space for 9 days, which were spent at the Mir Space Station.

Beatles’ Last Commercial Performance:
Popular British rock group, the Beatles, played their last live concert in front of a paying public at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California.

Soviet Union Tests its First Atomic Bomb:
Code named Izdeliye 501 or First Lightening, the 22 kiloton atomic bomb was detonated at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in Kazakhstan. The plans for which were brought to USSR by spies at the Manhattan project. The US called the Soviet bomb, Joe-1.