Anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela is arrested and imprisoned in South Africa. In 1990, at age 72, Mandela will be released, and will go on to win the Nobel Peace Prize and become his country's first black president.

At age 52, Harry Houdini spends 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping in front of a live audience. Many call it his greatest stunt.

Twenty-three years after their first No. 1 hit, The Beach Boys release "Still Cruisin'" as a single.