The Westminster Abbey in London was consecrated.
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LinkedIn was founded by Reid Hoffman and the founding team members from PayPal and Socialnet.com.
The first major rock festival held on America's east coast took place.
President Richard Nixon signed the US Endangered Species Act into law.
Hong Kong began to slaughter the city's 1.6 million chickens to stop the spread of an influenza strain.
The first American test-tube baby, Elizabeth Jordan Carr, was born in Norfolk, Virginia.
