US President Barack Obama met with the Dalai Lama amid warnings from China.
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The USSR's uncrewed Luna 20 lunar lander successfully touched down on the surface of the Moon.
The first issue of 'The New Yorker' was published.
The first telephone directory was issued, which consisted of a single card with 50 names and addresses in Connecticut, USA.
Saint Francis Xavier Church in Baltimore, Maryland, became the first church exclusively for blacks in the US.
Edwin Land presented his Polaroid photo product, the world's first instant photos, in New York City.
