Milton S. Hershey founded Hershey’s Chocolate Company in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, US.
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A record low temperature was recorded and reached a bone-chilling -15°F in Central Park, New York City.
The Soviet R-7 Semyorka, the world's first Intercontinental ballistic missile, became operational.
Daylight Saving started in the US.
Five Pharaoh sculptures were discovered in the temple of Luxor.
A US submarine collided with a Japanese high-school fishing training ship off the coast of Hawaii.
