President Richard Nixon passed a new law that allowed NASA to build America’s first space shuttle.
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The first legal divorce of the American colonies was granted to Anne Clarke.
Louis XV of France survived an attempt on his life from Robert-François Damiens, a lowly domestic servant.
The Ford Motor Company announced that it would begin an eight-hour workday as well as provide a living wage for workers who would receive $5 a day.
The world's most famous clown 'Bozo' premiered live on KTLA-TV in Los Angeles, California, US.
King Henry VIII was forbidden to remarry in a letter sent to him by Pope Clement VII.
