The first issue of “The New Yorker” was published.
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US President Richard Nixon met with Chinese leader Mao Zedong in Beijing to finalize a peace deal between their two countries.
Malcolm X was assassinated in New York City, USA.
The Jackson 5 performed on TV for the first time on American Bandstand.
Gerald Holtom presented his peace symbol design to the British Direct Action Committee, who accepted it immediately.
Saint Francis Xavier Church in Baltimore, Maryland, became the first church exclusively for blacks in the US.
