Legendary baseballer Babe Ruth made his Major League Baseball debut for the Boston Red Sox.
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The Skylab, America's first space station, was destroyed as it entered Earth's atmosphere over the Indian Ocean.
Martin Luther King Jr. posthumously received the US Medal of Freedom by President Jimmy Carter.
Chinese mariner and explorer Zheng He set sail with his fleet to explore the world for the first time.
The city of Tijuana in Mexico was founded.
American comedy-drama 'Orange Is the New Black' was released on Netflix.
