The IBM Personal Computer was introduced 

Harry Hillman and Lawson Robertson run 100m 3-legged race in 11 seconds 

Mr and Mrs Jacob Murdock become 1st to travel across US by car, they leave LA in a Packard & arrive in New York City in 32d-5h-25m 

Senators execute a triple-play and beat Yankees 4-3 

First American League game, Chicago beats Cleve Blues 8-2, 3 other games rained out 

Passing of Andrew Halliday, cable car pioneer 

Oscar Zariski, Russian mathematician and pioneer in commutative algebra, is born