Event:
14.75" (37.5 cm) of rainfall, Jewell, Maryland (state 24-hhourr record)
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1986 Greg Lemond is 1st American to win Tour de France
1949 1st jet-propelled airline, De Havilland Comet, flies
1947 Yogi Berri starts record 148 game errorless streak
1940 Billboard magazine starts publishing bestseller charts
