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1812 – US passes 1st foreign aid bill (aids Venezuela earthquake victims)

1847 – US Post Office Department is authorized to issue postage stamps.

1885 – US Post Office offers special delivery for 1st-class mail.

1903 – North Carolina becomes 1st state requiring registration of nurses.

1917 – US Congress passes 1st excess profits tax on corporations.

1923 – Time magazine publishes 1st issue featuring Joseph G. Cannon (Speaker of the US House of Representatives)

1931 – “Star Spangled Banner” officially becomes US national anthem by congressional resolution.

1945 – US & Philippine forces recaptures Corregidor.

1955 – Elvis Presley makes his 1st TV appearance on a broadcast of radio show “Louisiana Hayride”

1956 – 3rd ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament: NC State beats Wake Forest, 76-64.

1960 – 9th largest snowfall in NYC history (14.5″)

1965 – The Temptations’ “My Girl” reaches #1.

1966 – Twister hits Jackson Mississippi: 3 minutes after 1st sighting, 57 die.

1972 – Sculpted figures of Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson are completed at Stone Mountain, Georgia.

1979 – 26th ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament: North Carolina beats Duke, 71-63.

1985 – Bill Shoemaker becomes 1st jockey to win $100 million.

1994 – “Damn Yankees” opens at Marquis Theater NYC for 510 performances.

1998 – Bill Gates testifies at Senate Judiciary Committee about Microsoft’s dominant in the software industry.

2010 – “Alice in Wonderland”, inspired by Lewis Carroll directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp and Mia Wasikowska is released.

2019 – SpaceX’s Dragon capsule successfully docks with the International Space Station during its demonstration run.

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