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1789 – Benjamin Franklin writes “Nothing…..certain but death and taxes”

1865 – US issues 1st gold certificates.

1900 – Baltimore Orioles (now NY Yankees) enter baseball’s American League.

1909 – Collier’s magazine accuses U.S. Secretary of the Interior Richard Ballinger of questionable dealings in Alaskan coal fields.

1920 – Hudson river freezes at Albany.

1937 – NBC forms first full-sized symphony orchestra exclusively for radio.

1940 – “Fantasia” animated film by Walt Disney, starring Leopold Stokowski and Deems Taylor, is released.

1942 – Minimum draft age lowered from 21 to 18 in the US.

1952 – False fingernails 1st sold.

1964 – Bob Petit (St. Louis Hawks) becomes 1st NBAer to score 20,000 points.

1968 – Bob Gibson edges Pete Rose to win NL MVP.

1969 – Vice President Spiro Agnew accuses network TV news departments of bias and distortion.

1977 – Final Al Capp comic strip of “Li’l Abner” (1934-77)

1982 – Vietnam Veterans Memorial opens in Washington, D.C., featuring the names of over 58,000 US soldiers killed or missing in the Vietnam War.

1986 – US President Reagan confesses weapon sales to Iran.

1992 – Riddick Bowe wins the undisputed world heavyweight boxing crown with a unanimous points decision over Evander Holyfield in Las Vegas; first of their 3 meetings.

1994 – 44th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Dale Earnhardt wins.

2001 – War on Terrorism: In the first such act since World War II, US President George W. Bush signs an executive order allowing military tribunals against foreigners suspected of connections to terrorist acts or planned acts on the United States.

2018 – Amazon announces two new corporate outposts at Queens, New York and Arlington, Virginia.

2019 – First day of public testimony in Donald Trump’s impeachment inquiry held in Washington, D.C.

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