An energy crisis in the USA prompted President Nixon to initiate daylight saving time four months early.
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New Mexico became the 47th state to join the United States of America.
King Henry VIII married his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves, after his previous wife died during childbirth.
Mother Teresa arrived in India to help some of the country's poorest.
A chemist in Berkeley, California, US, announced that they successfully synthesized hormones that are responsible for human growth.
A first-of-its-kind boxing match took place to settle a feud between a butler and a butcher.
