The Today Show aired for the first time on NBC-TV with Dave Garroway and Jack Lescoulie as hosts.
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US President Jimmy Carter expressed his support for Martin Luther King's birthday to become a national holiday.
Segregation of races on public transport became illegal as ruled by US Supreme Court.
Queen Margrethe II became the first Queen of Denmark since 1412.
US President Franklin D. Roosevelt arrived in Morocco, where he met British Prime Minister Winston Churchill to discuss allies during World War II.
An accidental explosion aboard the USS Enterprise near Hawaii killed 28 people.
