Video: 'Atlas Missile: "Project Atlas Report 4th Quarter 1957" Convair; 1st Successful Flight, 3rd Launch' (Dec. 17, 1957, at 20:45)

(Tuesday, December 17, 1957, 17:39 UTC; during the Cold War) — The United States successfully test-fired the Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time today at Cape Canaveral, Florida.