Harvey Kennedy patented the modern shoelace, which included aglet reinforced tips.
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The soap opera 'Generations' aired on NBC-TV, making it the first US African-American show of its kind.
US Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that police can't stop cars just to check the driver and their registration.
Two Boeing 747 planes collided in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.
Martin Luther King's son met the man convicted of killing his father, James Earl Ray.
NASA launched its Mariner 7 space probe from Cape Canaveral atop an Atlas-Centaur rocket.
