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1943 – Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the first U.S. president to travel by airplane while in office when he travels from Miami, Fla., to Morocco to meet with Winston Churchill. In Casablanca, the two sit down to discuss strategy and to study the next phase of World War II. 1967 – The Human Be-in takes place in San Francisco, Calif., launching the Summer of Love. 1973 – Elvis Presley’s concert “Aloha from Hawaii” is broadcast live via satellite, and sets the record as the most watch broadcast by an individual entertainer in TV history.