The United States successfully launches the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SM-65_Atlas" id="mwAQs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="SM-65 Atlas">Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile</a> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Canaveral,_Florida" id="mwAQw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Cape Canaveral, Florida">Cape Canaveral, Florida</a>.