1976
The US spacecraft Viking 2 landed on Mars and began sending pictures of the red planet to earth
1935
Malcolm Campbell reached a new world land speed record of 301.13 mph in Bluebird on Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah
1899
Macfarlane Burnet, Australian immunologist, was born
1900
British annex Natal (South Africa)
1901
Boer General Smuts enters Kiba Drift in Cape Colony
1902
Pittsburgh Pirates, win earliest pennent (full season)
