Prolific serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, also known as the “Yorkshire Ripper,” was arrested in Sheffield, UK.
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The Moon was photographed for the first time.
Martin Luther King Jr. pushed hard to encourage the registration of black voters in Selma.
The Stardust space probe collected a sample of comet dust.
Georgia became the 4th state to join the United States of America.
A patent was awarded to Willis Carrier, which gave us the world’s first Air Conditioner.