The musical “Chicago” opened at Richard Rodgers Theater in New York City.
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NASA's Mariner 9 became the first spacecraft to orbit another planet when it entered Mars' orbit.
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Kaikōura, New Zealand.
Ruby Bridges became the first African American girl to take classes at an all-white school in Louisiana.
A 19-mile crater was found under the Greenland Glacier.
Herman Melville's novel 'Moby Dick' was published by Harper & Brothers in New York.
