On this day in 1958, a hydrogen bomb known as the Tybee Bomb was lost by the US Air Force off the coast of Savannah, Georgia, never to be recovered.
On this day in 1971, astronauts landed on the moon in the Apollo 14 mission.
On this day in 1972, Bob Douglas became the first African American elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame.
On this day in 1997, the so-called Big Three banks in Switzerland announced the creation of a $71 million fund to aid Holocaust survivors and their families.