Elton John and his entourage flew into Moscow, making him the first western pop star to tour the USSR.
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Quebec held a referendum on whether to begin negotiations with Canada to become independent.
The Church of Scotland voted in favor of allowing openly gay men and women to be ministers.
President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Acts into law.
The Pictish armies of King Bridei Mac Bili won a decisive victory over the armies of Northumbria at the Battle of Dun Nechtain.
The US Air Force Space Command launched the Boeing X-37B spaceplane for a classified mission.
