The first issue of “The New Yorker” was published.
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The Jackson 5 performed on TV for the first time on American Bandstand.
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.
Edwin Land presented his Polaroid photo product, the world's first instant photos, in New York City.
Saint Francis Xavier Church in Baltimore, Maryland, became the first church exclusively for blacks in the US.
