The first Emmy Awards were presented at the Hollywood Athletic Club. At this time it was not a national award but grew over the years from that point to include national and international television.
Charles Manson was convicted, along with his Cult followers Susan Atkins, Leslie Van Houten, and Patricia Krenwinkle, for the brutal 1969 murders of actress Sharon Tate and six others.
At the Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace, Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" was 1st played, at wedding of Queen Victoria's daughter Princess Victoria, to crown prince of Prussia.
The USS Intrepid is designated a national landmark. Intrepid opened as a museum in New York City during August 1982. The World War II vessel is permanently moored at West 46th Street.
The late George Steinbrenner, owner of the New York Yankees, meets for the first time, Pope John Paul II. The brief meeting was set up by the office of the New York archbishop, Cardinal John O'Connor.
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