The first-ever daytime soap opera, These Are My Children, aired on NBC.
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'Family Guy' by Seth MacFarlane premiered on Fox.
A chimpanzee named Ham became the first primate to go to space aboard the US MR-2 spacecraft.
The Spanish government became bankrupt.
The first American satellite, Explorer 1, was launched into space.
NASA's Apollo 14 spacecraft was launched and headed for the moon.
