The U.S. Senate approves America's participation in the United Nations, the "Million Dollar Quartet" jams at Sun Studios, Led Zeppelin disbands, and Pan Am collapses, all on this day.
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1981: The prime-time soap opera "Falcon Crest" premieres on television. The show, which stars Jane Wynam and Robert Foxworth and revolves around the feuding factions of the wealthy Gioberti/Channing family in the Californian wine industry, would run for nine seasons before ending on May 17, 1990.