The first sodium vapor lamps were installed on Balltown Road, in Schenectady, N.Y. –
The Boston Red Sox and the Chicago Cubs became the first major league baseball teams to play at Doubleday Field in Cooperstown, New York, in the Hall of Fame Game –
Germany’s highly publicized secret weapon, the flying bomb, was dropped on English targets for the first time –
The United States Supreme Court ruled in Miranda v. Arizona that the police must inform suspects of their rights before questioning them –
Thurgood Marshall nominated to U.S. Supreme Court –
Pioneer 10, an unmanned U.S. space probe, became the first man-made object to leave the solar system when it crossed the orbit of Neptune –
A 7.9-magnitude earthquake shook Chile –
San Francisco Giants pitcher Matt Cain threw a perfect game; a first for the franchise –
Raccoon completed climb of 25-story skyscraper in St. Paul, Minnesota –
Weather
Deadly hurricane hit Labrador –
Tamarack, California, reported a temperature of 2 degrees F –
Deerfield, South Dakota, received 10 inches of snow –
Snowplows were called out in Denver, Colorado, to clean up softball-size hailstones –
Cedar River crested at 31.12 feet (19.12 feet above flood stage), Cedar Rapids, Iowa –
