Baseball champion Reggie Jackson was elected to the Hall of Fame.
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The world's most famous clown 'Bozo' premiered live on KTLA-TV in Los Angeles, California, US.
Louis XV of France survived an attempt on his life from Robert-François Damiens, a lowly domestic servant.
King Henry VIII was forbidden to remarry in a letter sent to him by Pope Clement VII.
The first legal divorce of the American colonies was granted to Anne Clarke.
Pioneering English pilot Amy Johnson went missing after bailing out of her plane over the Thames River.
