1858 – 1st mailboxes installed in Boston and NYC streets
1934 – 1st airplane train, plane tows 3 mail gliders behind it
1941 – Jews are expelled from Hungarian Ruthenia
1961 – The Beatles 1st gig as house band of Liverpool’s Cavern Club
1964 – Race riot in Jersey City, New Jersey
1966 – Radio Vila (New Hebrides) begins transmitting
1990 – 23rd San Diego Comic-Con International opens at Holiday Inn
1990 – Yankees rookie 1st baseman Kevin Maas hits his 10th MLB homer in 6-5 loss v Detroit, fastest to reach that mark, just 77 at bats
2012 – American swimmer Rebecca Soni becomes first woman to win the 200m breaststroke twice with a world record 2:19.59 at the London Olympics
2019 – Seven-year-old boy operated on after 526 teeth found inside his mouth in Chennai, India
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