The Polaris missile is first test launched.

Pan American Airlines is first commercial airline that offers a round-the-world ticket.

Twelve people are killed when a bulk ore carrier runs into The Tasman Bridge in Tasmania, Australia.

Arms and supplies are dropped to resistance fighters in Europe as Operation Carpetbagger begins.

Apple Computer is incorporated as a business.

The drug lord Pablo Escobar is shot and killed in Medellin, Columbia.

The Rose Parade in Pasadena is held for the first time.