| Today in History |
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1992 ‐
Carol Moseley-Braun elected first African-American woman in US Senate, representing Illinois
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1988 ‐
President Reagan signs credit-card disclosure-bill
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1987 ‐
Gordon Gould issued US patent US4704583 for the laser, ending his 30-year battle to be credited as the inventor of the laser
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1975 ‐
U.S. advice columnist for "Good Housekeeping" Ann Landers asks parents in a mail-in survey "‘If you had it to do over again, would you have children?" 70% of participants say no
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1970 ‐
Marxist Salvador Allende inaugurated as President of Chile
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1964 ‐
For 1st time since 1800, residents of Washington, D.C. permitted to vote
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1952 ‐
Clarence Birdseye markets frozen peas
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1952 ‐
Egypt protests German retribution payments to Israel
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1930 ‐
Bank of Italy renamed Bank of America
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1928 ‐
Turkey switches from Arabic to Roman alphabet
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1918 ‐
Austro-Hungarian Empire dissolves
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1906 ‐
International Radiotelegraph Conference in Berlin selects "SOS" (· · · – – – · · ·) distress signal as the worldwide standard for help
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1900 ‐
First US automobile show opens at Madison Square Garden (NYC)
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1896 ‐
Martha Hughes Cannon of Utah elected 1st female state senator in the US
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1885 ‐
Tacoma vigilantes drive out Chinese, burn their homes & businesses
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1883 ‐
Race riots kill 4 blacks in Danville Virginia
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1868 ‐
John Willis Menard from Louisiana is elected the first black US Congressman (opposition to his election means he never sits in Congress)
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1839 ‐
Palace of Gulhane Turkey, freedom of religion proclaimed
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1796 ‐
John Adams elected as 2nd president of the United States of America
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1783 ‐
George Washington orders Continental Army disbanded
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1762 ‐
Spain acquires Louisiana
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