Founder George Williams established the YMCA alongside ten young Christian men.
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The Soviet Union's ill-fated Soyuz 11 mission was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
Alaska Airlines started operating.
James Bond's 13th installment, 'Octopussy,' was released.
The American baseball team New York Yankees, played their 13,000th game.
The US started plans to construct its first nuclear battlefield weapon.
