Sir Robin Knox-Johnston completed the world’s first non-stop, single-handed global circumnavigation.
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President Richard Nixon died of a stroke at the age of 81.
Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini met in Salzburg, Austria.
Thieves stole $3.3 million from the First National Bank of Arizona in Tucson.
The US Congress passed legislation that allowed the 'In God We Trust' inscription on the currency.
The final gasps of the Crab Head nebula were observed as it went supernova.
