1973 Event Jean Kerrs "Finishing Touches," premieres in New York City 1954 Event 7-time winner of Boston Marathon, 65-year-old Clarence Demar, runs his last race at Boston finishing 78th 1939 Death George Nicholls, Jr., actor (Finishing School), dies at 42 1924 Event Senators clinch pennant, finishing 2 games in front of Yankees 1889 Event New York World reporter Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane) began her attempt to surpass fictitious journey of Jules Verne's Phileas Fogg by traveling around world in less than 80 days She succeeded, by finishing trip following January in 72 days, 6
