The day after being appointed, Adolf Hitler called for new elections to ensure he would win majority votes.
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The first American satellite, Explorer 1, was launched into space.
A chimpanzee named Ham became the first primate to go to space aboard the US MR-2 spacecraft.
British driver Arthur MacDonald was the first to break 100 miles per hour in an automobile at Daytona Beach, Florida, US.
Jesse James's gang robbed up to $22,000 on a train at Gads Hill, Missouri, US.
Alvan Graham Clark discovered the white dwarf star Sirius B.
