NASA’s NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft became the first space probe to land on an asteroid when it touched down on 433 Eros.
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Christian Dior presented 'The New Look Fashion Show.'
The Soviet Union exiled Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, the winner of the 1970 Nobel Price in Literature winner.
The fast-food chain, Jack in the Box, was founded in San Diego, California.
USA's men's hockey team beat Canada's for the first time in 12 years.
Albert Einstein warned against hydrogen bombs on the ''Today with Mrs. Roosevelt" weekly TV show.
