Mark David Chapman pleaded guilty to the murder of John Lennon in New York.
Source
A 3,500-year-old Ancient Egyptian obelisk called 'Cleopatra's Needle' was erected in Central Park, New York, US.
The US held its first horse race in Long Island, New York.
Beatlemania arrived in the United States when the Beatles landed in New York.
John Lennon made a controversial statement saying that the Beatles were 'more popular than Jesus.'
The former United States Senator Strom Thurmond sent a secret memo to President Richard Nixon's aide, saying John Lennon should be deported.
