Rosa Parks 1913
- 1783 - Britain declared a formal cessation of hostilities with its former colonies, the United States of America.
- 1824 - J.W. Goodrich introduced rubber galoshes to the public.
- 1913 - Louis Perlman received a patent for his demountable tire-carrying rims.
- 1932 - The first Winter Olympics were held in the United States at Lake Placid, NY.
- 1957 - Smith-Corona Manufacturing Inc., of New York, began selling portable electric typewriters. The first machine weighed 19 pounds.
- 1964 - The Administrator of General Services announced that the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution had been ratified. The amendment banned the poll tax.
- 1974 - Patricia (Patty) Hearst was kidnapped in Berkeley, CA, by the Symbionese Liberation Army.
- 2004 - The social networking website Facebook.com was launched.
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