Gold medalist Tommie Smith was suspended for performing the Black Power salute during the Olympics.
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Hurricane Hazel hit the American East Coast and became the worst to hit North America.
American independent adventure movie 'My Own Private Idaho,' starring River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves, was released.
American gangster Al Capone pleaded guilty to tax evasion.
The Normans defeated the Byzantine Empire in the Battle of Dyrrhachium.
The US bought Alaska from the Russian Empire.
