George Hancock, who invented softball, played the first match in Chicago.
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D.B. Cooper hijacked a Boeing 727 and extorted a ransom of $200,000 before parachuting out of the plane with the money and was never seen again.
A party boat on Lake Victoria in Uganda capsized and killed 29 people.
A four-day ceasefire in Gaza between HAMAS and Israeli forces began.
Psy's 'Gangnam Style' music video became the most viewed video on YouTube, passing 800 million views.
A catastrophic landslide on Mont Granier destroyed five villages.
