Carl Hiaasen 1953 - Author
- 1894 - Coca-Cola was sold in bottles for the first time.
- 1906 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that corporations must yield incriminating evidence in anti-trust suits.
- 1911 - Dr. Fletcher of Rockefeller Institute discovered the cause of infantile paralysis-Polio).
- 1933 - President Paul von Hindenburg dropped the flag of the German Republic and ordered that the swastika and empire banner be flown side by side.
- 1938 - The "Anschluss" took place as German troops entered Austria.
- 1940 - Finland surrendered to Russia ending the Russo-Finnish War.
- 1947 - U.S. President Truman established the "Truman Doctrine" to help Greece and Turkey resist Communism.
- 1999 - Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic became members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). All three countries were members of the former Warsaw Pact.
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