President Richard Nixon passed a new law that allowed NASA to build America’s first space shuttle.
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Austrian newspaper called 'Die Presse' released Willhelm Röntgen's discovery of X-rays.
King Henry VIII was forbidden to remarry in a letter sent to him by Pope Clement VII.
Baseball champion Reggie Jackson was elected to the Hall of Fame.
The Great Frost of Europe killed thousands of people.
Pioneering English pilot Amy Johnson went missing after bailing out of her plane over the Thames River.
