NASA launched the last space probe in the Mariner Program, Mariner 10.
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The International Radiotelegraph Conference in Berlin selected 'SOS' (· · · – – – · · ·) as the global standard for radio distress calls.
The Soviet Union sent a dog into space aboard the spacecraft Sputnik II.
Americans headed to the polls to vote for either Donald Trump or Joe Biden in the US Presidential Election.
The One World Trade Center opened on the original World Trade Center site.
The Times of India was founded, making it the largest English-language newspaper in the world.
