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The Soviet Union's Zond 5 landed in the Indian Ocean, becoming the first spacecraft to safely return to Earth after travelling around the Moon.
The first section of Interstate 80 in Iowa opened in the Des Moines metropolitan area.
The first section of Interstate 80 in Iowa (pictured) opened in the Des Moines metropolitan area.
Dolphin, the first emulator for the GameCube that could run commercial video games, was released.
The first version of the web browser Firefox was released by the Mozilla Organization.
U.S. vice-presidential candidate Richard Nixon delivered the Checkers speech, one of the first political uses of television to appeal directly to the populace.
Dougal Haston and Doug Scott of the Southwest Face expedition became the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest by ascending one of its faces.
Wilford Woodruff, the president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, wrote the first draft of a manifesto that officially disavowed the future practice of plural marriage.
Sandra Day O'Connor (pictured) became the first female justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
About 4,200 people took part in the first modern Chicago Marathon.
American software developer Richard Stallman announced plans for the Unix-like operating system GNU, the first free software developed by the GNU Project.
The first production Ford Model T, the car credited with initiating the mass use of automobiles in the United States, was completed at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit, Michigan.
Pope Pontian (pictured) resigned after being exiled to Sardinia, becoming the first pope to relinquish the position.
John Roberts became the 17th Chief Justice of the United States; he would be the first Chief Justice to serve for twenty years since Melville Fuller in 1908.
The Lockheed YF-22, the prototype for the F-22 Raptor, made its first flight.
Mafalda, a popular comic strip by Quino, was first published in newspapers in Argentina.
The first Indonesian legislative election resulted in an unexpectedly poor result for the Masyumi Party of incumbent prime minister Burhanuddin Harahap (pictured).
J. S. Bach led the first performance of Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir, BWV 130, based on Paul Eber's hymn in twelve stanzas, for the feast of archangel Michael.
The Boeing AH-64 Apache (example pictured), the primary attack helicopter for a number of countries, made its first flight.
NBC broadcast the first televised American football game, between the Fordham Rams and the Waynesburg Yellow Jackets.