The French ship named Aurore transported the first African slaves from Senegambia, West Africa, to Louisiana, US.
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Founder George Williams established the YMCA alongside ten young Christian men.
The US started plans to construct its first nuclear battlefield weapon.
Alaska Airlines started operating.
Alexey Pajitnov shared his first playable version of Tetris with his colleagues.
The Soviet Union's ill-fated Soyuz 11 mission was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
