The Supreme Court decides Roe v. Wade, the Boeing 747 flies for the first time, Apple introduces its Macintosh computer in a Super Bowl ad, and the Unabomber pleads guilty, all on this day.
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1901: Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, who became a national icon during her 63-year reign and was identified with strict standards of personal morality, dies at the age of 81 at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight, England.