After an 11-month journey, the US uncrewed Viking 1 made a soft landing on Mars 

Guglielmo Marconi, Italian radio pioneer, dies 

Boston Red Sox Smokey Joe Wood no-hits St Louis Browns, 5-0 

Generals Henry Wilson/Auguste Dubail sign plan for British Expeditionary army in case of war with Germany 

Bkln Dodger Mal Eason no-hits St Louis Cards, 2-0 

Giuseppe Sarto elected Pope Pius X 

London's first railway station, Euston, was opened