Richard Milhous Nixon won the election and became the 37th President of the United States.
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The largest US underground bomb was detonated on Amchitka Island, a remote Alaskan island.
The UN published a report revealing more than 200 mass graves found in ISIS-controlled regions of Iraq.
Mahatma Gandhi was arrested after leading an Indian miner's march in protest of the Indian Relief Bill.
The Richard Fairbanks Tavern and Post Office in Massachusetts became the first American colonial post office.
The American action drama series '24,' with Keifer Sutherland, premiered on FOX.
