New York Yankee, Joe DiMaggio, made his major-league debut.
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West Virginia became the first state to impose a sales tax.
The Kilauea volcano on Big Island in Hawaii began to erupt.
India's first-ever full-length film, Raja Harishchandra, was released in theaters.
The sixth major fire in San Francisco occurred.
The first-ever 'spam' email was sent out to every ARPANET address on the US west coast.
