An energy crisis in the USA prompted President Nixon to initiate daylight saving time four months early.
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A chemist in Berkeley, California, US, announced that they successfully synthesized hormones that are responsible for human growth.
Mother Teresa arrived in India to help some of the country's poorest.
King Harold of England became the successor to the crown after King Edward died.
The Thaicom 6 satellite was launched into Earth’s orbit atop SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket.
The Pyrenean ibex went extinct after the last surviving member of the species was killed by a falling branch.
