The fast-food chain, Jack in the Box, was founded in San Diego, California.
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The Soviet Union exiled Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, the winner of the 1970 Nobel Price in Literature winner.
The first graphics card chip, i740, was released by Intel.
USA's men's hockey team beat Canada's for the first time in 12 years.
Madison Square Garden in New York City opened North America's first artificial ice rink.
Christian Dior presented 'The New Look Fashion Show.'