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- 1846 - Elias Howe received a patent for his sewing machine.
- 1913 - The Lincoln Highway opened. It was the first paved coast-to-coast highway in the U.S.
- 1953 - Swanson began selling its first "TV dinner."
- 1955 - Bert Parks began a 25-year career as host of the "Miss America Pageant" on NBC.
- 1979 - U.S. President Carter granted clemency to four Puerto Rican nationalists who had been imprisoned for an attack on the U.S. House of Representatives in 1954 and an attempted assassination of U.S. President Truman in 1950.
- 1984 - The Federal Communications Commission changed a rule to allow broadcasters to own 12 AM and 12 FM radio stations. The previous limit was 7 of each.
- 1998 - U.S. President Clinton met with members of his Cabinet to apologize, ask forgiveness and promise to improve as a person in the wake of the scandal involving Monica Lewinsky.
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