The world’s first satellite navigation system, Transit 1-B, was successfully launched from the US.
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The world record for the longest table tennis doubles marathon was broken with a time of 101 hours.
Star Trek actor George Takei had an asteroid named after him.
The FBI arrested US Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeria for leaking classified documents.
Pope Paschal II crowned Henry V as the Holy Roman Emperor.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City was founded.
