The first American test-tube baby, Elizabeth Jordan Carr, was born in Norfolk, Virginia.
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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope began the multi-day process of unfurling its sunshield.
President Richard Nixon signed the US Endangered Species Act into law.
Scarlett Johansson made her debut on Broadway.
Hong Kong began to slaughter the city's 1.6 million chickens to stop the spread of an influenza strain.
Muriel Siebert became the first woman to own a seat on New York Stock Exchange.
