The US held its first horse race in Long Island, New York.
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Wayne Gretzky became the first and only player in NHL history to score 200 points in a season.
The SF F-4 submersible boat sank and killed 21 people near Hawaii.
The first color TV went on sale.
Frederick Langenheim took the first photo of a solar eclipse.
Qantas flight QF9 became the first to fly nonstop from Australia to the UK.
