Ben Stein 1944
- 1850 - Texas relinquished one-third of its territory in exchange for $10 million from the U.S. to pay its public debts and settle border disputes.
- 1867 - Alfred Nobel patented dynamite.
- 1955 - In the U.S., the Interstate Commerce Commission banned racial segregation on interstate trains and buses.
- 1957 - U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower suffered a stroke.
- 1992 - The Czech parliament voted to split the country into separate Czech and Slovak republics beginning January 1, 1993.
- 1998 - The IMF (International Monetary Fund) approved a $5.5 billion bailout for Pakistan.(bailing out banks and wealthy investors, not people.)
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