In 1881, P.T. Barnum and James Bailey merged their circuses to form the “Greatest Show on Earth.”
Happy Birthday! Reba McEntire, Vince Vaughn, Dianne Wiest
1774 - Britain passed the Coercive Act against Massachusetts.
1797 - Nathaniel Briggs patented a washing machine.
1854 - The Crimean War began with Britain and France declaring war on Russia.
1865 - Outdoor advertising legislation was enacted in New York. The law banned "painting on stones, rocks and trees."
1885 - The Salvation Army was officially organized in the U.S.
1898 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a child born in the U.S. to Chinese immigrants was a U.S. citizen. This meant that they could not be deported under the Chinese Exclusion Act.
1917 - During World War I the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) was founded.
1930 - Constantinople and Angora changed their names to Istanbul and Ankara respectively.
1933 - In Germany, the Nazis ordered a ban on all Jews in businesses, professions and schools.
1945 - Germany launched the last of the V-2 rockets against England.
1968 - the rock musical Hair opened on Broadway.
1979 - A major accident occurred at Pennsylvania's Three Mile Island nuclear power plant. A nuclear power reactor overheated and suffered a partial meltdown.
1984 - the Baltimore Colts moved--in the middle of the night--to Indianapolis, IN.
1986 - The U.S. Senate passed $100 million aid package for the Nicaraguan contras.
1986 - More than 6,000 radio stations of all format varieties played "We are the World" simultaneously at 10:15 a.m. EST.
1990 - Jesse Owens received the Congressional Gold Medal from U.S. President George H.W. Bush.
2010 - China's Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co. signed a deal to buy Ford Motor Co.'s Volvo car unit.
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