Event:
Don Ritchie runs world record 100 mile (11:30:51)
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1991 Clarence Thomas is confirmed as Supreme Court Justice
1985 Shuttle Columbia carries Spacelab into orbit
1956 William J Brennan, Jr. appointed to Supreme Court
1878 Edison Electric Light Company incorporated
