The Society for American Baseball Research was founded in Cooperstown, New York.
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A century-old fruit cake was discovered in Antarctica that was ''almost edible.”
The 14th IAAF World Championships opened in Moscow, Russia.
Missouri entered the United States Union and became the 24th state.
Floods swept through India, killing over two hundred people and displacing one million.
A group invaded the Tuileries Palace, where Louis XVI stayed during the French revolution.