The first scientific hand-held calculators (HP-35) hit the markets with a hefty price tag at $395.
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NBC-TV premiered ''Late Night with David Letterman."
Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, founded the 'Biden Foundation.'
An atomic bomb explosion was aired on TV for the first time.
Martin Luther King Jr. and 250 protestors were arrested.
The Civil Marriage Act was introduced, making same-sex marriage legal in Canada.