Ty Cobb, a future Baseball Hall of Fame center fielder, was the first to gain 1,000 extra-base hits.
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The first-ever Le Mans endurance race began.
The last Ford Model T motor car was ceremoniously rolled off the assembly line.
The Beatles released their eighth album, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
Arthur C. Clarke was knighted.
NASA's Apollo 10 mission returned to earth after successfully testing all possible elements of a Moon landing.
