The Soviet Union exiled Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, the winner of the 1970 Nobel Price in Literature winner.
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The famous iconic painting 'The Scream' by Edvard Munch was stolen from a gallery in Oslo, Norway.
Albert Einstein warned against hydrogen bombs on the ''Today with Mrs. Roosevelt" weekly TV show.
Madison Square Garden in New York City opened North America's first artificial ice rink.
Christian Dior presented 'The New Look Fashion Show.'
NASA's NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft became the first space probe to land on an asteroid when it touched down on 433 Eros.
