Street fighting was engaged in at Veracruz between landed US forces and Mexican forces as US forces advanced beyond the waterfront to secure their positions. The Mexican forces included civilians who had received distributed Mexican arms.
Street fighting was unusual for Americans at the time, and the sailors had trouble adapting to it, whereas the Marines quickly did.
The city center was taken by 11:00.
The Titanic Engineers' Memorial was unveiled at Southampton, UK.
Babe Ruth, age 19, pitched his first major league game for the Baltimore Orioles.
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