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.
The Spanish government became bankrupt.
Alvan Graham Clark discovered the white dwarf star Sirius B.
San Francisco's skies went dark after millions of birds flew across the city's western side.
Jesse James's gang robbed up to $22,000 on a train at Gads Hill, Missouri, US.
