Led Zeppelin announced their break-up, this was two months after the death of drummer John Bonham.
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Mission Santa Barbara was founded in California by Franciscan missionaries from Spain.
A lethal fog began to cover London, lasting for five days, causing the term 'smog' to be termed – a combination of smoke and fog.
The Gemini 7 launched with Frank Borman and Jim Lovell.
The Los Angeles Times was first published as the Los Angeles Daily Times.
The first historically Black intercollegiate Greek-lettered fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha, was founded.