Legendary baseballer Babe Ruth made his Major League Baseball debut for the Boston Red Sox.
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The city of Tijuana in Mexico was founded.
Charlotte Cooper won a gold medal, making her the first individual female Olympic champion.
The Skylab, America's first space station, was destroyed as it entered Earth's atmosphere over the Indian Ocean.
Harper Lee's book 'To Kill a Mockingbird' was published by J. B. Lippincott & Co.
Martin Luther King Jr. posthumously received the US Medal of Freedom by President Jimmy Carter.
