Harper Lee’s book “To Kill a Mockingbird” was published by J. B. Lippincott & Co.
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A series of seven bomb blasts killed 209 people in Mumbai, India.
Jamaican-American singer Shaggy released his third album, ''Boombastic.”
The Skylab, America's first space station, was destroyed as it entered Earth's atmosphere over the Indian Ocean.
Italy won their second EUFA Euro soccer title after defeating England in penalty shootouts.
Martin Luther King Jr. posthumously received the US Medal of Freedom by President Jimmy Carter.