President Richard Nixon passed a new law that allowed NASA to build America’s first space shuttle.
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Construction of the iconic Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco began.
King Henry VIII was forbidden to remarry in a letter sent to him by Pope Clement VII.
The Great Frost of Europe killed thousands of people.
Baseball champion Reggie Jackson was elected to the Hall of Fame.
Pioneering English pilot Amy Johnson went missing after bailing out of her plane over the Thames River.
