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In 1975, Jaws, directed by Stephen Spielberg, was released.
Happy Birthday! John Goodman, Nicole Kidman, Brian Wilson
1782 - The U.S. Congress approved the Great Seal of the United States. 
1791 - King Louis XVI of France was captured while attempting to flee the country in the so-called Flight to Varennes.
1793 - Eli Whitney applied for a cotton gin patent. He received the patent on March 14. The cotton gin initiated the American mass-production concept.
1893 - A jury in Massachusetts found Lizzie Borden not guilty of the murders of her father and stepmother in 1892.
1923 - France announced it would seize the Rhineland to assist Germany in paying its war debts.
1941 - The U.S. Army Air Force was established, replacing the Army Air Corps.
1943 - Race-related rioting erupted in Detroit. Federal troops were sent in two days later to end the violence that left more than 30 dead.
1947 - Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel was murdered in Beverly Hills, CA, at the order of mob associates angered over the soaring costs of his project, the Flamingo resort in Las Vegas, NV.
1963 - The United States and Soviet Union signed an agreement to set up a hot line communication link between the two countries.
1977 - The Trans-Alaska Pipeline began operation.
1997 - The tobacco industry agreed to a massive settlement in exchange for major relief from
mounting lawsuits and legal bills.
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