NASA launched the Mariner 4 space probe on a mission to Mars.
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East Timor declared its independence from Portugal.
The US SM-65 Atlas missile completed the first successful intercontinental ballistic missile launch.
Explorer Richard E. Byrd became the first person to fly over the South Pole.
Women voted in a general election for the first time in New Zealand.
Prime Minister of Britain, Margaret Thatcher, handed in her resignation to the Queen and stepped down after being prime minister for 11 years.
