John D. Rockefeller created Standard Oil Company in Cleveland, Ohio.
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The Soviet Union's Soyuz 17 was successfully launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome atop a Soyuz rocket.
Maya Angelou became the first African American woman featured on a US quarter.
Petra Schneider set a world record by swimming 1,500 meters freestyle in just 15:43:31.
Stephen III of Moldavia defeated the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Vaslui.
China lifted martial law.
