A record low temperature was recorded and reached a bone-chilling -15°F in Central Park, New York City.
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The Soviet R-7 Semyorka, the world's first Intercontinental ballistic missile, became operational.
President Ulysses S. authorized the establishment of the United States National Weather Service (NWS).
Halley's Comet was last seen from Earth. It only orbits the Earth once every 75 to 76 years.
A US submarine collided with a Japanese high-school fishing training ship off the coast of Hawaii.
Five Pharaoh sculptures were discovered in the temple of Luxor.
