The Jackson 5 performed on TV for the first time on American Bandstand.
The song they performed was “I Want You Back.”
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US President Richard Nixon met with Chinese leader Mao Zedong in Beijing to finalize a peace deal between their two countries.
Russia declared the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic as independent states.
The USSR's uncrewed Luna 20 lunar lander successfully touched down on the surface of the Moon.
Gerald Holtom presented his peace symbol design to the British Direct Action Committee, who accepted it immediately.
The Prussian Confederation was formed.
