The first People’s Choice Awards aired on CBS.
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The Second Anglo-Dutch War began as England fought the Dutch republic for the control of seas and trade routes.
The Soviet Union's Vega 1 Space Probe began sending back images of Halley's Comet.
France became the first country in the world to include access to abortion in its constitution.
America's second president John Adams was inaugurated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Nik Wallenda became the first person to walk over the Masaya Volcano in Nicaragua.
