50-lb. 8-oz. African pompano caught, Daytona Beach, Florida –
Ashes of Star Trek creator, Gene Roddenberry, journeyed into space –
In a procedure billed as a first in the U.S., Stephanie Yarber, an infertile Alabama woman, received a transplanted ovary from her identical twin sister, Melanie Morgan –
Thirteen year old Morgan Pozgar won the LG National Texting Championship. She typed the message, Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! Even though the sound of it is something quite atrocious. If you say it loud enough you’ll always sound precocious. in 15 seconds –
Chicago White Sox pitcher Phil Humber threw a perfect game –
Fireball exploded over Sierra Nevada mountain range in California, rattling homes from central California to Reno, Nevada. Experts believe it was caused by a meteoroid about the size of a minivan. –
Weather
A tornado in northern Illinois killed 52 people –
Tornadoes in Kansas –
A Dodger Stadium doubleheader was rained out for the third day in a row, after heavy rains continued to pour down on southern California. In the previous 26 years, only 12 games had been rained out at the stadium. –
Waterspout formed off Isle of Palms, South Carolina –
Half-dollar-size hail fell near Marion, South Carolina –
