Today in History |
2022 ‐
The Deauville Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida, built in 1957 and host to JFK, The Beatles, and Frank Sinatra is imploded; closed in 2017 after an electrical fire
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1995 ‐
"GoldenEye", 17th James Bond film, starring Pierce Brosnan for the first time and Judi Dench as M, released
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1967 ‐
Carl Stokes sworn-in as 1st major city black mayor (Cleveland, Ohio)
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1941 ‐
U-81 torpedoes British aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal near Gibraltar
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1933 ‐
1st modern sit-down strike by Hormel meat packers in Austin, Minnesota
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1927 ‐
New York - New Jersey Holland Tunnel, 1st twin-tube underwater auto tunnel, opens
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1920 ‐
Hudson River freezes at Albany
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1918 ‐
Prince Friedrich, last reigning Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, abdicates
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1865 ‐
US issues 1st gold certificates
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1861 ‐
A letter is written by Reverend Mark R. Watkinson petitioning the Treasury Department to "recognize Almighty God" on American coins; the department eventually decides on the motto "In God We Trust"
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1851 ‐
Telegraph connection between London-Paris linked
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1841 ‐
James Braid first sees a demonstration of animal magnetism, which leads to his study of the subject he eventually calls hypnosis
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1839 ‐
1st US anti-slavery party, Liberty Party, convenes in NY
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1789 ‐
Benjamin Franklin writes "Nothing . . . certain but death & taxes"
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1775 ‐
American Revolutionary forces capture Montreal
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