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1907 - Crew of the steamship Cambrian several hundred miles south of Cape Race, Newfoundland, observe a fireball rushing across the sky "like a rocket", landing in the sea about 50 yards from the boat.

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1908 - Birth of Alfonso Lopez baseball player (American League Manager of the year 1959).

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1908 - Congo Free State becomes the Belgian Congo.

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1912 - Plant Quarantine Act goes into effect.

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1912 - Washington Senator Carl Cushion no-hits Cleveland Indians, 2-0 in six innings.

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1913 - First pilot to parachute from an aircraft (Adolphe Pégoud-France).

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1914 - German forces occupy Brussels, Belgium during WW I.

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1914 - Pope Pius X dies.

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1915 - Paul Ehrlich scientist, dies in Hamburg at age 61.

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1918 - Britain opens offensive on Western front during WW I.

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