1867 – President Andrew Johnson announces the Alaska Purchase.
1921 – 11.5 inches of rainfall, Circle, Montana (state record)
1939 – Test flight of 1st rocket plane using liquid propellants.
1944 – Congress charters Central Intelligence Agency.
1945 – Secretary of State Edward Stettinius Jr. approves transfer of German rocket scientist Wernher von Braun and his specialists to the U.S.
1949 – Central Intelligence Agency Act passes.
1960 – “The Huckleberry Hound Show” by Hanna-Barbera becomes the first animated program to win an Emmy.
1966 – Sheila Scott completes 1st round-the-world solo flight by a woman.
1967 – Muhammed Ali (Cassius Clay) sentenced to 5 years by jury after 21 minutes of deliberation for refusing to be inducted into the armed forces during the Vietnam War.
1977 – Oil enters Trans-Alaska pipeline and exits 38 days later at Valdez.
1979 – President Jimmy Carter unveils 32 solar panels installed on the roof of the White House; his immediate successor has them removed.
1986 – Doctors at Bethesda Naval hospital remove 2 small benign polyps from President Ronald Reagan’s colon.
1990 – Nelson Mandela lands in New York City to begin a tour of the US.
1995 – Space probe Ulysses begins 2nd passage behind the sun.
1997 – Negotiators announce agreement in principle with tobacco industry.
2017 – Toymaker Mattel releases 15 new body types for their Ken doll, including one with a man bun.
2018 – President Donald Trump signs Executive Order ending family separation at the border for illegal immigrants.
2021 – Brazil’s COVID-19 death toll passes 500,000, the second highest in the world.
2021 – China announces it has administered 1 billion doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.
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