of Magic, Past and Present, Exposed" in the newspaper The North American. Semon revealed secrets of various tricks over 35 columns, stopping in March 1910. An earthquake at the New Madrid Fault damaged the town of Petersburg, Illinois. Born: Andrei Gromyko, Soviet Belarusan statesman and Foreign Minister of the Soviet Union, 1957–1985; in Staryye Gromyki, Gomel, Russian Empire (now in Belarus) (d. 1989) Sri Savang Vatthana, the last King of Laos (1959–1975), in Luang Phrabang (d. 1978) Mohammed Daoud Khan, first President of Afghanistan 1973–1978 and Prime Minister 1953–1963 (assassinated 1978) Harriet Nelson, American actress known for The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet; as Peggy Lou Snyder, in Des Moines, Iowa (d. 1994) Died: Carlos, Duke of Madrid, 61, Carlists pretender to throne of Spain (as Carlos VII) and as Legitimist pretender to the throne of France (as Charles XI), died in exile in Italy. Between 1872 and 1876, he led the Third Carlist War against the First Spanish Republic and controlled much of Catalonia and the Basque Provinces. His 39-year-old son, Don Jaime de Borbón y de Borbón-Parma, was referred to by Carlists as King Jaime III of Spain and by Legitimists as King Jacques I of France. July 19, 1909 (Monday) The Hudson & Manhattan Railroad's Hudson Terminal, the largest underground station in New York City, was opened at , connecting Manhattan to Jersey City. The terminal, located at Cortlandt and Church Streets, was operated by the Hudson and Manhattan Railroad, and would later become the World Trade Center PATH station. Two 22-story towers for the H & M Railroad, at the time the "nation's largest office buildings" would later be replaced by the twin 110-story WTC office buildings, which would be destroyed on September 11, 2001. In Cleveland, Neal Ball of the Cleveland Indians made the first unassisted triple play in major league history, in the second inning of a 6–1 win over the Boston Red Sox. Ball caught a hit by Amby McConnell, stepped on second base before Heinie Wagner could return, and tagged Jake Stahl, who was trying to run back to first base. The 14th and most recent such play was also in Cleveland, by Asdrúbal Cabrera on May 11, 2008. Hubert Latham's attempt to be the first to fly an airplane across the English Channel failed, when the engine on the Antoinette IV failed seven miles (11 km) into the trip. The French