Tower Bridge officially opened in London.
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Robert H. Lawrence, Jr. was selected as the first African-American astronaut.
The world's first emergency telephone calls were accepted in London, UK.
An unidentified object thought to be a meteoroid or comet smashed into a remote forest in Siberia and destroyed 21,528 square feet of land.
Harrison returned to our screens for ''Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.”
NASA launched Intelsat VA F-11 into orbit.
