John Lennon and Yoko Ono left the UK and headed to New York City, US.
Lennon never returned to the UK.
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John Brallier became the first openly paid professional American Football player when he was paid $10 to play a match.
Frederick Douglass escaped slavery in the US.
A record-breaking haircut saved a sheep that had not been sheared in over five years in Canberra, Australia.
Microsoft purchased Nokia for $7.2 billion.
The Viking 2 became the second spacecraft to land on Mars.
