The first U.S. presidential debate since 1960 took place between President Gerald R. Ford and Jimmy Carter.
A power outage happened mid debate.
Baa Baa Black Sheep (Black Sheep Squadron) debuted on NBC. The Tony Randall Show debuted on CBS.
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The first commercial flight of the Concorde supersonic airliner took place with one departing Heathrow in British Airways colors and another departing Orly Airport in Paris in Air France colors. The British jet flew to Bahrain and the French one to Brazil.
The plane remained in service until 2003.
On the same day communist forces in Angola established the People's Air Force of Angola.
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