King George VI officially opened the 11th modern-day Olympic Games at the Wembley Arena in London, UK.
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President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act, which became NASA.
Pope Paul VI declared the prohibition of birth control.
David Berkowitz, otherwise known as the Son of Sam serial killer, shot his first victims.
The first Monkeypox deaths outside of Africa were recorded in Brazil and Spain.
Renegades of the Abbasid Caliphate captured Thessalonica, which is modern-day Thessaloniki, Greece.
