The Luna 2 spacecraft by the Soviet Union became the first human-made artifact to land on the moon’s surface.
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The American sitcom 'The Golden Girls' premiered on NBC.
Mary Ann Fischer gave birth to quintuplets, who became the first US quintuplets to survive past infancy.
The Vought-Sikorsky VS-300 became the first successful helicopter to fly.
Britain skipped 11 days of the Calendar from September 3 to September 13, with the adoption of the Gregorian calendar starting on this day.
Theodore Roosevelt became the US president after former president William McKinley died from gunshot wounds.
