The Soviet R-7 Semyorka, the world’s first Intercontinental ballistic missile, became operational.
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Milton S. Hershey founded Hershey's Chocolate Company in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, US.
President Ulysses S. authorized the establishment of the United States National Weather Service (NWS).
A US submarine collided with a Japanese high-school fishing training ship off the coast of Hawaii.
Halley's Comet was last seen from Earth. It only orbits the Earth once every 75 to 76 years.
Martial Law was declared in Seattle by President Grover Cleveland due to anti-Chinese unrest.