Inventor Fred Waller patented the aquaplane, which would become water skis.
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ABC premiered Walt Disney's first TV show, 'Disneyland.'
The Second Battle of Newbury was fought in the English Civil War.
Riots broke out in Paris, France, after two Muslim teenagers were electrocuted trying to evade police.
US President Woodrow Wilson announced the country would never fight another country for territory again.
Gliese 229B became the first brown dwarf to be seen and identified by astronomers.
