Paul Ehrlich 1854
- 1794 - Eli Whitney received a patent for his cotton gin.
- 1900 - U.S. currency went on the gold standard with the ratification of the Gold Standard Act.
- 1914 - Henry Ford announced the new continuous motion method to assemble cars. The process decreased the time to make a car from 12― hours to 93 minutes.
- 1958 - The U.S. government suspended arms shipments to the Batista government of Cuba.(How'd that work out?)
- 1964 - A Dallas jury found Jack Ruby guilty of the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald.
- 1979 - The Census Bureau reported that 95% of all Americans were married or would get married.
- 1989 - Imported assault guns were banned in the U.S. under President George H.W. Bush.
- 1996 - U.S. President Bill Clinton committed $100 million for an anti-terrorism pact with Israel to track down and root out Islamic militants.
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