The animated mystery-comedy “Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!” first aired on CBS.
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Howard Hughes designed and built the world's fastest plane called the H-1 racer, then, on this day, flew it at a new world speed record at 352 miles per hour in Santa Fe, California.
'Uncle Sam' became the official nickname of the United States.
''UFO expert” Jaime Maussan presented the bodies of two alleged aliens before the Mexican Congress.
Henry Bliss became the first person killed in an automobile accident in the United States.
American sitcom 'Soap' became the first show to display the warning 'Viewer discretion advised.'
