The Luna 2 spacecraft by the Soviet Union became the first human-made artifact to land on the moon’s surface.
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Boston Light was illuminated for the first time.
The IBM 305 RAMAC commercial computer was announced to the public.
Mary Ann Fischer gave birth to quintuplets, who became the first US quintuplets to survive past infancy.
Hindi became the official language of India.
Theodore Roosevelt became the US president after former president William McKinley died from gunshot wounds.