The world’s first Mcdonald’s opened in San Bernardino, California.
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Magnus Hirschfeld founded the Scientific-Humanitarian Committee in Berlin.
The USSR launched the Sputnik III.
The British Legion was formed to take care of veterans by giving financial, social, and emotional support to members and veterans of the British Armed Forces.
The US Department of Agriculture was created after being signed into legislation by President Abraham Lincoln.
Ellen Church became the first female airline stewardess aboard a Boeing Air Transport flight from San Francisco to Chicago.