02/18/2025
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1790 – First successful cotton mill begins spinning yarn in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, built by Samuel Slater based on Richard Arkwright’s design.

1912 – J. Hartley Manners’ “Peg O’ My Heart” stage play premieres in New York City.

1919 – United States House of Representatives votes to restrict immigration.

1920 – Bob Hope becomes an American citizen at age 17. He emigrated from England at 4.

1926 – St. Louis Cardinals trade future Baseball Hall of Fame infielder Rogers Hornsby to the New York Giants for Frankie Frisch and Jimmy Ring over concerns over Hornsby’s gambling.

1940 – Connie Mack acquires controlling interest in the Philadelphia Athletics for $42,000.

1941 – World War II: First battle of the American Volunteer Group, better known as the “Flying Tigers,” in Kunming, China.

1945 – Rationing of auto tires ends in the United States.

1956 – Montgomery, Alabama removes race-based assignments on its buses.

1957 – Elvis Presley receives his draft notice to join the Army for national service.

1966 – NBA awards the Seattle Supersonics a franchise for the 1967-68 season.

1967 – 474,300 United States soldiers in Vietnam.

1974 – “The Godfather Part II,” directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Al Pacino and Robert De Niro, is released. It wins an Academy Award for Best Picture in 1975.

1985 – Sportscaster Howard Cosell retires from television sports after 20 years with ABC.

1995 – American Flight 965 crashes into a mountain in Buga, Colombia, 159 people die and five survive.

2005 – New York’s Transport Workers Union Local 100 goes on strike over pension and wage increases, shutting down all subway and bus services for three days.

2012 – Apple is denied a patent for mobile pinch-to-zoom gestures by the United States patent authorities.

2017 – United States House and Senate pass a $1.5 trillion tax and jobs bill, the biggest tax overhaul in decades.

2022 – Multinational company 3M says it will stop making and using “forever chemicals” linked to health problems such as cancer.

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