The US Navy commissioned USS Nautilus, which became the world’s first nuclear submarine.
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NASA launched the Endeavour space shuttle from the Kennedy Space Center on Mission STS-68.
A super-massive iceberg broke away from Antarctica.
American animated sitcom 'The Flintstones,' which romanticized the Stone Age debuted on ABC.
For the first time, scientists captured images of a live giant squid in its natural environment.
Mozart's last opera, 'The Magic Flute,' premiered in Vienna.