Sir Robert Baden-Powell established the Boys Scouts in England.
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The first Monkeypox deaths outside of Africa were recorded in Brazil and Spain.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act, which became NASA.
A screening test of Walt Disney's ''Steamboat Willie” occurred featuring Mickey Mouse.
Lance Armstrong won the Tour de France for the third time in a row.
David Berkowitz, otherwise known as the Son of Sam serial killer, shot his first victims.