Mount Tongariro in New Zealand erupted for the first time in 115 years.
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At just 30 years old, golf professional Tiger Woods won the 50th PGA, making him the youngest person ever to win a PGA.
After being the first man to sail the world non-stop in the wrong direction, Chay Blyth returned to the UK.
The United States of America dropped its first-ever atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima, Japan.
Norwich University was founded in Vermont.
Flammable vapor caught fire at the Chevron Refinery in Richmond, California.
