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- 1787 - Edward Gibbon completed "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire." It was published the following May.
- 1893 - The New York stock market crashed. By the end of the year 600 banks and 74 railroads had gone out of business.
- 1929 - Scientists at Bell Laboratories in New York revealed a system for transmitting television pictures.
- 1950 - Two days after North Korea invaded South Korea, U.S. President Truman ordered the Air Force and Navy into the Korean conflict. The United Nations Security Council had asked for member nations to help South Korea repel an invasion from the North.
- 1954 - The world's first atomic power station opened at Obninsk, near Moscow.
- 1955 - The state of Illinois enacted the first automobile seat belt legislation.
- 1980 - U.S. President Carter signed legislation reviving draft registration.
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