President Richard Nixon passed a new law that allowed NASA to build America’s first space shuttle.
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The Great Frost of Europe killed thousands of people.
Baseball champion Reggie Jackson was elected to the Hall of Fame.
Austrian newspaper called 'Die Presse' released Willhelm Röntgen's discovery of X-rays.
Construction of the iconic Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco began.
Pioneering English pilot Amy Johnson went missing after bailing out of her plane over the Thames River.
