1972
America’s Bobby Fischer beat Russia’s Boris Spassky to become world chess champion
The chess match took place in Reykjavik, Iceland
1985
The Titanic was found by Dr. Robert Ballard and Jean Louis Michel in a joint U.S. and French expedition
The wreck site is located 963 miles northeast of New York and 453 miles southeast of the Newfoundland coast
Dr. Ballard was born in Wichita, Kansas
1998
Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals hit his 56th and 57th homeruns to set a new National League record
He would eventually reach a total of 70 for the season
and then lastly…
also in 1998
J.K. Rowling’s book Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone was released in the U.S.
Originally released in the U.K. as Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone in June 1997, it was called Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone when it was released in the United States.
This was the first book in the Harry Potter series
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone sold 107 million copies worldwide
-Tyler Jackson
