Reality documentary The Apprentice (UK) premiered with businessman Lord Alan Sugar as the leading judge.
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Fidel Castro was sworn in as Prime Minister of Cuba.
NASA's Explorer 9 satellite launched from the Wallops Flight Facility in eastern Virginia.
The first known British check was written for the amount of £400.
The Austrian Civil War came to an end after four days of bloodshed.
Iceland's first football club, Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkurv (Reykjavík Football Club), was founded.
