England was defeated by South Africa, who became top of the world Test cricket rank.
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The Erickson Brothers submitted the application for the first dial telephone patent.
More than 30 military students were injured in a mass pillow fight leading to a ban of the event in future years.
Exiled Soviet leader Leon Trotsky was assassinated with an ice axe in Mexico City.
Estonia claimed its independence from USSR.
The ''LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin” returned to Lakehurst, New Jersey, after being the first airship to circumference the earth in one journey.
