Harvey Kennedy patented the modern shoelace, which included aglet reinforced tips.
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ABC debuted the first season of 'Grey's Anatomy.'
Martin Luther King's son met the man convicted of killing his father, James Earl Ray.
Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León accidentally discovered Florida.
The soap opera 'Generations' aired on NBC-TV, making it the first US African-American show of its kind.
The musical ''Singing in The Rain," directed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, had its first theatrical run.
