NBC-TV premiered “Late Night with David Letterman.”
The first guest was comedian and actor Bill Murray.
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MP's in the UK voted in favor of triggering the European Union Bill (Article 50), which gave the government the power to prepare to leave the European Union.
The first volume of the Oxford English Dictionary was published.
Martin Luther King Jr. and 250 protestors were arrested.
Mary Queen of Scots received the death sentence from cousin Queen Elizabeth I.
Voice of America, the US' official external radio and television service, began broadcasting.
