The Soviet Salyut 6 returned to earth its cosmonauts had been in space for a record 185 days 

The US spacecraft Apollo 7 was launched from Cape Kennedy, with a crew of three 

Rampant inflation in Germany caused the mark to drop to an exchange rate of 10,000,000,000 to the pound 

Ty Cobb (AL) and Frank Schulte (NL) are 1st MVPs, each gets an auto 

SF begins school for Asians 

White Sox Ed Walsh strikes out then record 12 in a World Series game 

8th US Golf Open 

Lawrence Auchterlonie wins US Open golf tournament 

James Joule, English physicist, dies