1602: Martha's Vineyard is first sighted by Captain Bartholomew Gosnold; when he tries to land there, local indians tell him it's too late for this season and they're all booked up, but that he can fill out an application for the summer of 1603.
1819: First bicycles (swift walkers) in U.S. introduced in New York; swift walker messengers are soon zipping in and out of traffic, terrorizing pedestrians and horses alike.
1972: Apparently mistaking it for "piñata," a deranged geologist attacks with a hammer and damages Michelangelo's Pieta in St. Peter's Bascilica in Rome.
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