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Space
USSR launches Mechta (Luna 1) for 1st lunar fly-by, 1st solar orbit -
Assassination Attempt
Failed assassination attempt on president Nkrumah of Ghana -
Christiaan Barnard
Christiaan Barnard performs 2nd heart transplant -
Soccer
A barrier collapses at Ibrox Park football ground at end of a soccer match in Glasgow Scotland, killing 66 -
Chris Farley
Autopsy of Chris Farley shows he overdosed of opiates & cocaine -
Snow Storm
A brutal snowstorm smashes into the Midwestern United States, causing 14 inches (359 mm) of snow in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and 19 inches (487 mm) in Chicago, where temperatures plunge to -13°F (-25°C); 68 deaths are reported. -
President
Eduardo Duhalde is appointed interim President of Argentina by the Legislative Assembly.
