1562—Kissing in public banned in Naples (punishable by death)
1776—Publication of the economics book The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith.
1822—Charles Graham of NY granted first US patent for artificial teeth.
1858—Albert Potts of Philadelphia patents the street mailbox.
1889—Kansas passes 1st general antitrust law in US.
1907—1st involuntary sterilization law enacted, Indiana.
1933—Congress is called into special session by FDR, & began its “100 days”
1946—Ted Williams is offered $500,000 to play in Mexican Baseball League, he refuses.
1950—Willie Sutton robs Manufacturers Bank of $64,000 in NYC.
1959—Barbie, the popular girls’ doll, debuted,over 800 million sold.
1964—1st Ford Mustang produced.
1968—10th Grammy Awards: Up Up & Away, Sgt Pepper’s wins 4.
1976—1st female cadets accepted to West Point Military Academy.
1981—Dan Rather becomes primary anchorman of CBS-TV News.
1986—NASA announces searchers found remains of Challenger astronauts.
1989—Eastern Airlines files for bankruptcy.
1995—Baseball awards a franchise to Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
2007—The US Justice Department releases an internal audit that found that the Federal Bureau of Investigation had acted illegally in use of the USA Patriot Act to secretly obtain personal information about US citizens.
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