Edwin Land presented his Polaroid photo product, the world’s first instant photos, in New York City.
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Gerald Holtom presented his peace symbol design to the British Direct Action Committee, who accepted it immediately.
US President Richard Nixon met with Chinese leader Mao Zedong in Beijing to finalize a peace deal between their two countries.
The Jackson 5 performed on TV for the first time on American Bandstand.
The USSR's uncrewed Luna 20 lunar lander successfully touched down on the surface of the Moon.
Saint Francis Xavier Church in Baltimore, Maryland, became the first church exclusively for blacks in the US.
