1966 National Organization of Women founded
1964 Star of India and other jewels are stolen in New York
1945 1st ball point pen goes on sale, 57 years after it is patented
1942 Alaska highway completed
1929 Black Tuesday, Stock Market crashes triggers Great Depression
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Crimson Jester wrote:
1966 National Organization of Women founded
1964 Star of India and other jewels are stolen in New York
1945 1st ball point pen goes on sale, 57 years after it is patented
1942 Alaska highway completed
1929 Black Tuesday, Stock Market crashes triggers Great Depression
2010 This post replied to.
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1990 England and France complete Chunnel
1976 Jane Pauley becomes news co-anchor of Today Show
1952 Clarence Birdseye sells 1st frozen peas
1896 Martha Hughes Cannon of Utah becomes 1st female senator
1862 Dr. Richard Gatling patents machine gun
1979 Federal government makes a $1.5 billion loan to Chrysler
1968 Motion Picture Association of America introduces rating system (G, M, R, X)
1952 1st hydrogen device exploded at Eniwetok Atoll in Pacific
1931 Dupont introduces synthetic rubber
1920 Warren Harding elected 29th president
1985 Gary Kasparov becomes world chess champion
1980 Iraqi President Saddam Hussein declares holy war against Iran
1976 U.N. General Assembly condemns apartheid in South Africa
1967 Surveyor 6 soft lands on Moon
1944 Red Cross wins Nobel peace prize
1987 Judge Anthony M. Kennedy nominated to Supreme Court
1940 Willys unveiled its General Purpose vehicle - Jeep
1925 Robert Millikan announces discovery of cosmic rays
1921 President Harding dedicates Tomb of Unknown Soldier (Arlington Cemetary)
1909 Construction of Navy base at Pearl Harbor begins
1990 President Bush signs Clear Air Act of 1990
1977 President Jimmy Carter welcomes Shah of Iran
1939 Social Security Administration approves 1st unemployment check
1932 Walt Disney Art School created
1920 League of Nations holds 1st meeting, in Geneva
1965 Kellogg's Pop Tarts pastries created
1962 Fidel Castro accepts removal of Soviet weapons
1959 Ford cancels Edsel
1919 U.S. Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles and League of Nations
1895 Frederick E. Blaisdell patents the pencil
1986 UN's WHO announces 1st global effort to combat AIDS
1984 McDonald's made its 50 billionth hamburger
1975 Ronald Reagan announced candidacy for Republican nomination for president
1967 U.S. population reaches 200 million
1914 U.S. State Department starts requiring photographs for passports
1990 George Bush visits U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia
1972 U.S. ends 22 year travel ban to China
1969 Isolation of single gene announced by scientists at Harvard
1968 1st interracial TV kiss, Star Trek-Kirk and Uhura
1842 Mount St. Helens in Washington, erupts
Yesterday:
1983 Heathrow Airport, robbed of 6,800 gold bars worth $38.7 million
1979 International Olympic Committee votes to readmit China
1962 Fab Four have their 1st recording session under name Beatles
1941 Lebanon gains independence from France
1867 Refrigerated railroad car patented by J. B. Sutherland
Happy Flossing day!
1962 1st test flight of the Boeing 727 takes place
1960 Gordie Howe becomes 1st NHLer to score 1,000 points
1951 1st missle to intercept an airplane, White Sands, New Mexico
1910 New Yorks's Penn Station opens as world's largest train station
1895 Alfred Nobel establishes Nobel Prize
1994 Norway votes against joining European Union
1990 Margaret Thatcher resigns as Britain's PM, replaced by John Majors
1989 Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci flees to Hungary
1983 9th Space Shuttle Mission Columbia 6 is launched
1973 Arab League summit in Algiers recognizes Palestine
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