The largest US underground bomb was detonated on Amchitka Island, a remote Alaskan island.
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The American action drama series '24,' with Keifer Sutherland, premiered on FOX.
Mahatma Gandhi was arrested after leading an Indian miner's march in protest of the Indian Relief Bill.
Whitney Houston released her third album, 'I'm Your Baby Tonight.'
NASA's Lunar Orbiter 2 launched atop an Atlas Agena rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida.
Father John Carrol became the first Catholic Bishop in the United States.
