1773 – Construction authorized for Walnut Street Jail (Philadelphia) (First solitary)
1834 – 1st US interstate crime compact (NY-NJ) ratified.
1863 – Lincoln signs National Currency Act.
1891 – 1st buffalo purchased for Golden State Park.
1895 – Michael Owens of Toledo, Ohio, patents a glass-blowing machine.
1907 – US Congress raised their own salaries to $7,500.
1916 – Mutual signs Charlie Chaplin to a film contract.
1919 – Congress forms Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona.
1930 – 1st red & green traffic light installed (Manhattan NYC)
1938 – 1st passenger ship equipped with radar.
1945 – Very heavy bombing on Berlin by 8th US Air Force.
1953 – 10th Golden Globes: The Greatest Show on Earth, Gary Cooper & Shirley Booth win.
1967 – 9th Daytona 500: Mario Andretti wins (146.926 MPH)
1974 – Gold hits record $188 an ounce in Paris.
1983 – Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” album goes #1 & stays #1 for 37 weeks.
1987 – Tower Commission probes Iran-Contra affair.
1989 – Dallas Cowboys fire coach Tom Landry after a 29-year career.
1998 – Oprah Winfrey found not guilty in beef defamation trial brought by Texas cattlemen.
2012 – 84th Academy Awards – “The Artist” wins five Oscars and becomes the first silent film to win since 1927, Jean Dujardin & Meryl Streep also win.
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