32-year-old Erik Weihenmayer from Boulder, Colorado, became the first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
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The FDA gave Elon Musk the go-ahead to trial his Neuralink brain implants on humans.
The United States conducted its first and only nuclear artillery test at the Nevada Test Site.
US President John F. Kennedy addressed Congress and promised to put a man on the moon within a decade.
The original Star Wars film (Episode IV – A New Hope), directed by George Lucas, was first released.
Oprah Winfrey aired her last show.