Irving R. Levine 1922
- 55 B.C. - Britain was invaded by Roman forces under Julius Caesar.
- 1873 - The school board of St. Louis, MO, authorized the first U.S. public kindergarten.
- 1920 - The 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution went into effect. The amendment prohibited discrimination on the basis of sex in the voting booth.
- 1939 - The first televised major league baseball games were shown. The event was a double-header between the Cincinnati Reds and the Brooklyn Dodgers.
- 1945 - The Japanese were given surrender instructions on the U.S. battleship Missouri at the end of World War II.
- 1957 - The first Edsel made by the Ford Motor Company rolled of the assembly line.
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