The Skylab 4 mission was launched by NASA, taking a crew of three astronauts to the US space station.
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The Model M Postage Meter was put into commercial use.
The first edition of America's oldest newspaper, The New York Evening Post, was published.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 earned a staggering $500 million within 24 hours of release.
Nineteen countries vowed to gradually phase out coal at the United Nations Summit in Bonn, Germany.
The city of Havana, Cuba, celebrated its 500th birthday.
