Aerosmith became the first major-label band to allow fans to freely download their new single “Head First” online.
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Cherokee warriors defeated British forces at the Battle of Echoee, during the Anglo-Cherokee War.
James Bond's eighth movie, 'Live and Let Die,' was released in the US.
Telegraph wires linked new York and Boston.
NASA launched the Columbia Space Shuttle for its final test flight, STS-4.
Illinois became the first US state to make it compulsory by law to wear a seatbelt.
