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1803 – US Congress accepts Ohio’s constitution, statehood not ratified till 1953.
1831 – 1st practical US coal-burning locomotive makes 1st trial run, Pennsylvania.
1881 – Kansas becomes 1st state to prohibit all alcoholic beverages.
1906 – Will Keith Kellogg and Charles D. Bolin found the Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company which is now the multinational food manufacturer Kellogg’s.
1913 – 1st prize inserted into a Cracker Jack box.
1923 – Philip Barry’s “You and I” premieres in NYC.
1934 – US contract air mail service canceled, replaced by US army for 6 months.
1942 – NY Yankees announce 5,000 uniformed soldiers admitted free at each of their upcoming home games.
1945 – US 5th Fleet launches invasion of Iwo Jima against the Japanese with 30,000 US Marines.
1953 – Georgia approves US 1st literature censorship board.
1963 – USSR informs JFK it is withdrawing several thousand troops from Cuba.
1970 – AL Cy Young winner Denny McLain suspended for bookmaking.
1974 – 1st American Music Awards: Helen Reddy & Jim Groce win.
1977 – Space shuttle Enterprise makes 1st Test flight atop a 747 jetliner.
1984 – “Doonesbury” closes at Biltmore Theater NYC after 104 performances.
1985 – William Schroeder is 1st artificial heart patient to leave hospital.  He spent 15 minutes outside Humana Hospital in Louisville, Ky.
1987 – Anti-smoking ad airs for 1st time on TV, featuring Yul Brynner: he died of smoking-induced lung cancer on 10th October 1985.
1995 – 37th Daytona 500: Sterling Marlin wins (141.71 MPH)
2002 – NASA’s Mars Odyssey space probe begins to map the surface of Mars using its thermal emission imaging system.
2006 – 48th Daytona 500: Jimmie Johnson wins (142.667 MPH)

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