Disgruntled by the state's education act (Act 60), residents of Killington, Vermont vote to become part of New Hampshire.
If size did matter, the dinosaurs would still be alive.
Luna program: The Soviet Union lands Lunokhod 1 on Mare Imbrium (Sea of Rains) on the Moon. This is the first roving remote-controlled robot to land on another world and was released by the orbiting Luna 17 spacecraft.
