The American sketch comedy series “Saturday Night Live” premiered on US television.
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The Russian Soyuz MS-10 manned spacecraft malfunctioned during takeoff and made an emergency landing in Kazakhstan.
Samsung stopped producing Note 7 phones due to batteries exploding on users.
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.
US President Franklin D. Roosevelt received a letter from Albert Einstein detailing the possibility of atomic weapons.
