Reality documentary The Apprentice (UK) premiered with businessman Lord Alan Sugar as the leading judge.
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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 first-ever 911 call was made in the US.
Egyptian King Tutankhamun's coffin was discovered.
American explorer Charles Wilkes discovered the Shackleton Ice Shelf in Antarctica.
