Bradman scored his 1000th cricket run of the English season, becoming the earliest to do so.
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The Danube-Black Sea Canal was opened.
The Habeas Corpus Act passed.
Toronto's CHUM-AM (1050 kHz) became Canada's first radio station to broadcast only the top 40 Rock n' Roll music format.
The 2006 Yogyakarta earthquake occurred.
The Battle of Tsushima occurred, in which a Japanese fleet destroyed the Russian East Sea fleet.
