Lionel Richie’s second album and best-selling of all time, “Can’t Slow Down,” was released.
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NASA launched its first space probe, Pioneer 1.
The Russian Soyuz MS-10 manned spacecraft malfunctioned during takeoff and made an emergency landing in Kazakhstan.
Japan opened its borders to tourists after two years of closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
US President Franklin D. Roosevelt received a letter from Albert Einstein detailing the possibility of atomic weapons.
Australia's first university, The University of Sydney, was inaugurated.