Reality documentary The Apprentice (UK) premiered with businessman Lord Alan Sugar as the leading judge.
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The first-ever 911 call was made in the US.
American explorer Charles Wilkes discovered the Shackleton Ice Shelf in Antarctica.
The world's longest traffic jam from Lyon to Paris, France, extended a lengthy 104 miles (167 km).
Winston Churchill fell ill with pneumonia.
NASA's Explorer 9 satellite launched from the Wallops Flight Facility in eastern Virginia.
