The iconic Hollywoodland sign was changed to just Hollywood as we know it today.
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Ed Whitlock became the world's first person over the age of 70 to run a marathon in under 3 hours.
Concorde made its first nonstop trip across the Atlantic from Washington, DC, to Paris, France, in a record-breaking time of 3 hours and 32 minutes.
Cosmonauts Titov and Strekalov narrowly escaped the Soyuz T-10 spacecraft explosion.
The World Health Organization announced that they would give measles vaccinations to 800,000 children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Epic Games released the video game Fortnite Battle Royale.