John Lennon made a controversial statement saying that the Beatles were “more popular than Jesus.”
Source
World tennis champion Martina Navratilova won her 74th match streak.
France became the first country in the world to include access to abortion in its constitution.
The silent horror movie ''Nosferatu" was released in Berlin, making it the first-ever vampire movie.
The United States Department of Labor was formed.
A Real IRA car bomb exploded in front of the BBC's headquarters in London, injuring one person.