2014 Event Online business networking site LinkedIn will be expanding its presence in Singapore's central business district; the company established headquarters in Singapore in 2011 and sees the prime location as a means to attract the best talent 1989 Event Premier Lubbers sees CDA-party leader Elco Brinkman as successor 1986 Event Indians Jay Bell is 10th to hit a home run on 1st major league pitch he sees 1985 Event Largest NBA crowd to date, 43,816, sees Philadelphia at Detroit 1984 Event South Africa prisoner Nelson Mandela sees his wife for 1st time in 22 years 1962 Event U.S. U-2 flight sees SAM launch pads in Cuba 1953 Event 50th World Series sees New York Yankees beat Dodgers, 4 games to 2, as New York Billy Martin's 12 hits set record; Yankees win record 5th consec WS 1944 Event French 5th Armour division recaptures Sees 1937 Event 61,756, 2nd-largest crowd in Polo Grounds history, sees Dodgers ends Carl Hubbell's consecutive-game winning streak at 24 1922 Event Grand National at Aintree sees only 3 horses out of 32 starters finish 1914 Birthday Giuseppe Berto, Italian writer, Heaven Sees Red 1849 Event M Jolly-Bellin discovers dry-cleaning, he accidentally upset lamp containing turpentine and oil on his clothing and sees cleaning effect 1834 Event Charles Darwin's expedition sees top of Andes from Patagonia 1833 Event Charles Darwin reaches Punta Gorda, sees Rio Uruguay 1781 Event Sir William Herschel sees "comet" (really discovered Uranus) 1770 Event Captain James Cook 1st sees Australia 1682 Event English astronomer Edmund Halley sees his namesake comet 1662 Event Flamsteed sees solar eclipse, 1st known astronomical observation 1613 Event Galileo observes Neptune but fails to recognize what he sees 1573 Event 1st European, Francis Drake sees the Pacific (from Panama) 185 Event Emperor Lo-Yang, China sees supernova (MSH15-52)
