1985 Event Bill (Willie) Shoemaker is 1st jockey to surpass $100 million 1977 Event Japan's Sadaharu Oh hits 756th home run to surpass Hank Aaron's total 1961 Event Soviet premier Khrushchev predicts U.S.S.R. economy will surpass U.S. 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
