The US Navy commissioned USS Nautilus, which became the world’s first nuclear submarine.
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A super-massive iceberg broke away from Antarctica.
American animated sitcom 'The Flintstones,' which romanticized the Stone Age debuted on ABC.
Hollywood actor James Dean died aged 24.
The 6.4 magnitude Latur earthquake in India killed nearly 10,000 people.
NASA launched the Endeavour space shuttle from the Kennedy Space Center on Mission STS-68.
