Bradman scored his 1000th cricket run of the English season, becoming the earliest to do so.
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The 2006 Yogyakarta earthquake occurred.
The Dahlerau train disaster, the deadliest railway accident in West Germany, claimed 46 lives.
The Battle of Tsushima occurred, in which a Japanese fleet destroyed the Russian East Sea fleet.
Saint Petersburg was founded by Russian Tsar Peter the Great.
The first full-scale wind tunnel for airplane testing was built at Langley Field, Virginia. For ten years, it remained the largest wind tunnel in the world.
