The American sketch comedy series “Saturday Night Live” premiered on US television.
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The Russian Soyuz MS-10 manned spacecraft malfunctioned during takeoff and made an emergency landing in Kazakhstan.
NASA launched its first space probe, Pioneer 1.
Alexander Miles patented the automatic opening and closing elevator.
Samsung stopped producing Note 7 phones due to batteries exploding on users.
Australia's first university, The University of Sydney, was inaugurated.
