The American baseball team New York Yankees, played their 13,000th game.
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Xi'an, China, introduced a pedestrian lane for people who walk while looking at their phones.
Henry W. Seely patented the electric iron in the US.
The Soviet Union's ill-fated Soyuz 11 mission was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
Alaska Airlines started operating.
The French ship named Aurore transported the first African slaves from Senegambia, West Africa, to Louisiana, US.
