In Britain, the new London Bridge was opened 

The first rocket fueled by gasoline and liquid oxygen was successfully launched by US physicist Robert Goddard 

Mrs William Howard Taft plants 1st cherry tree in Washington DC 

Barney Oldfield sets land speed record of 131.7 mph at Daytona 

Georg Ohm, German physicist, is born 

Matthew Flinders, English navigator who explored the coast of Australia, is born