US General Eisenhower bid to raise $170 million in aid to help European Jews.
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Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg discovered the chemical element Plutonium.
Eminem's album The Slim Shady LP went on sale.
China announced that the Coronavirus had created the country's worst health emergency since 1949.
The United States of America leased Guantanamo Bay from Cuba, with the lease lasting an indefinite period.
NASA successfully launched the third of its advanced series 2 GPS satellites into orbit.