The first American test-tube baby, Elizabeth Jordan Carr, was born in Norfolk, Virginia.
Source
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope began the multi-day process of unfurling its sunshield.
Scarlett Johansson made her debut on Broadway.
President Richard Nixon signed the US Endangered Species Act into law.
The Westminster Abbey in London was consecrated.
LinkedIn was founded by Reid Hoffman and the founding team members from PayPal and Socialnet.com.