The classic song “Mr. Tambourine Man” was recorded by The Byrds.
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In a letter and on television, President Jimmy Carter announced that the Olympics should not take place in Moscow, Russia.
US hostages were released in Iran after 444 days.
Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first and last US President to serve four terms.
Air Inter Flight 148 crashed in the Vosges Mountains in France while circling to land at Strasbourg Airport.
Feminist Elizabeth Cady Stanton became the first woman to testify before Congress.