The first issue of “The New Yorker” was published.
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Saint Francis Xavier Church in Baltimore, Maryland, became the first church exclusively for blacks in the US.
Edwin Land presented his Polaroid photo product, the world's first instant photos, in New York City.
The USSR's uncrewed Luna 20 lunar lander successfully touched down on the surface of the Moon.
US President Barack Obama met with the Dalai Lama amid warnings from China.
US President Richard Nixon met with Chinese leader Mao Zedong in Beijing to finalize a peace deal between their two countries.
