The first-ever daytime soap opera, These Are My Children, aired on NBC.
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NASA's Apollo 14 spacecraft was launched and headed for the moon.
A chimpanzee named Ham became the first primate to go to space aboard the US MR-2 spacecraft.
San Francisco's skies went dark after millions of birds flew across the city's western side.
Alvan Graham Clark discovered the white dwarf star Sirius B.
New Zealand golfer Lydia Ko became the youngest golfer to rank No. 1 in the world.
