The American baseball team New York Yankees, played their 13,000th game.
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Founder George Williams established the YMCA alongside ten young Christian men.
The French ship named Aurore transported the first African slaves from Senegambia, West Africa, to Louisiana, US.
The US started plans to construct its first nuclear battlefield weapon.
Henry W. Seely patented the electric iron in the US.
The US celebrated the opening of its very first drive-in cinema.