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- 1896 - It was reported by The Austrian newspaper that Wilhelm Roentgen had discovered the type of radiation that became known as X-rays.
- 1914 - Ford Motor Company announced that there would be a new daily minimum wage of $5 and an eight-hour workday.
- 1925 - Mrs. Nellie Taylor Ross (R) was sworn in as the governor of Wyoming She was the first female governor in the U.S.
- 1956 - In the Peanuts comic strip, Snoopy walked on two legs for the first time.
- 1961 - "Mr. Ed" debuted. The show would run for six years.
- 1972 - U.S. President Richard M. Nixon ordered the development of the space shuttle.
- 1993 - The state of Washington executed Westley Allan Dodd. It was America's first legal hanging since 1965. Dodd was an admitted child sex killer.
- 1998 - U.S. Representative Sonny Bono died in skiing accident.
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