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.
Iran launched a drone and missile strike on Israel following an Israeli attack on its Damascus embassy.
Star Trek actor George Takei had an asteroid named after him.
The world's largest plane, The Stratolaunch, had its first flight from the Mojave Desert in California.
US President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated the Jefferson Memorial to Thomas Jefferson.
