1866 - Dutch government of Zuylen van Nijevelt/Heemskerk forms
1941 - 1st night game at Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C. (NY Yankees pip the Senators 6-5)
1953 - Premier of 1st animated 3-D cartoon in Technicolor-"Melody"
1971 - USSR Mars 3 launched, 1st spacecraft to soft land on Mars
1987 - 60th US National Spelling Bee: Stephanie Petit wins spelling staphylococci
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