President Richard Nixon died of a stroke at the age of 81.
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Spain and Portugal signed the Treaty of Saragossa.
The US Congress passed legislation that allowed the 'In God We Trust' inscription on the currency.
Sir Robin Knox-Johnston completed the world's first non-stop, single-handed global circumnavigation.
Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini met in Salzburg, Austria.
A controversial bill to send asylum seekers to Rwanda was approved by the UK's parliament.