After being under US military authority, the island of Okinawa reverted back to Japanese control.
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The world's first Mcdonald's opened in San Bernardino, California.
The US Department of Agriculture was created after being signed into legislation by President Abraham Lincoln.
Magnus Hirschfeld founded the Scientific-Humanitarian Committee in Berlin.
Ellen Church became the first female airline stewardess aboard a Boeing Air Transport flight from San Francisco to Chicago.
The USSR launched the Sputnik III.
