1974 Return to Earth for the crew of the first US space station, Skylab, after a record-breaking 84 days in space.
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1955 Birth of John Grisham in Jonesboro, Arkansas, novelist, whose first book was the crime thriller A Time To Kill (1989).
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1924 First use of the gas chamber as a method of execution in the USA, when convicted murderer Gee Jon was put to death at the Nevada State Prison, Carson City.
