The ban on Sunday baseball was lifted in Washington, D.C., making it the 3rd city to do so.
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Israel declared independence from the British administration.
The Talyllyn Railway in Wales became the first railway line in the world to be run solely by volunteers.
Edward Jenner, an English country doctor, gave the first vaccination against smallpox.
Dan Brown released his fourth novel in the Da Vinci Code series, Inferno, which became an instant success.
The USA's first space station, Skylab, was launched into Earth's orbit.
