Wayne Gretzky became the first and only player in NHL history to score 200 points in a season.
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The world's largest banana split was made in Innisfail, Australia.
The first kidney transplant between two persons with HIV occurred in Boston, Massachusetts, US.
Frederick Langenheim took the first photo of a solar eclipse.
Qantas flight QF9 became the first to fly nonstop from Australia to the UK.
The SF F-4 submersible boat sank and killed 21 people near Hawaii.