| 1971 - | The US spacecraft Mariner 9 transmitted the first close-up TV pictures of Mars to Earth |
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| 1969 - | The first 50 pence coin was issued in Britain |
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| 1968 - | In London, the new Euston railway station was opened |
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| 1964 - | At the Tokyo Olympics, Mary Rand won a gold medal for the long jump |
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| 1947 - | The first supersonic flight (670 mph) was made in California by Charles Yeagar in his Bell XI rocket plane |
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| 1947 - | Chuck Yeager made the first 'Supersonic' flight over Edwards Air Force Base California |
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| 1912 - | An assassin shot Theodore Roosevelt in Milwaukee. A thick coat and documents he was carrying saved his life |
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| 1911 - | Largest baseball crowd ever 38,281 (Polo Grounds) see Giants beat As, 1-Feb (gate is record $77,379) |
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| 1909 - | Pirates beat Tigers, 5-4, forces 1st full 7 game world series |
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| 1908 - | Baseball Writers Association of America, forms |
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| 1908 - | Cubs beat Tigers 4 games to 1 in 5th World Series, 1st rematch |
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| 1908 - | Smallest crowd at World Series, 6,210 fans see Cubs beat Tigers |
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| 1906 - | All Chicago World Series, 1st AL victory, White Sox win 4 games to 2 Cubs losers share of $439.50 is lowest for World Series |
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| 1905 - | NY Giants beats Phila As, 4 games to 1 in 2nd World Series |
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| 1905 - | Giants Christy Mathewsons 3rd straight World Series shutout |
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| 1901 - | Justin Huntly McCarthys If I were King, premieres in NYC |
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| 1884 - | Photographic film was patented by US entrepreneur and inventor George Eastman |
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| 1066 - | The Battle of Hastings took place on Senlac Hill, near Pevensey |
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