NASA launched its first space probe, Pioneer 1.
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Lionel Richie's second album and best-selling of all time, 'Can't Slow Down,' was released.
Alexander Miles patented the automatic opening and closing elevator.
The Russian Soyuz MS-10 manned spacecraft malfunctioned during takeoff and made an emergency landing in Kazakhstan.
The Aleppo, Syria earthquake occurred and was one of the deadliest in history, killing around 230,000 Syrians.
US President Franklin D. Roosevelt received a letter from Albert Einstein detailing the possibility of atomic weapons.
