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- 1913 - Ford Motor Co. began using a new movable assembly line that ushered in the era of mass production.
- 1952 - In Denmark, it was announced that the first successful sex-change operation had been performed.
- 1955 - Rosa Parks, a black seamstress in Montgomery, AL, refused to give up her seat to a white man. Mrs. Parks was arrested marking a milestone in the civil rights movement in the U.S.
- 1959 - 12 countries, including the U.S. and USSR, signed a treaty that set aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve, which would be free from military activity.
- 1987 - Construction began on the Channel Tunnel between the United Kingdom and France.
- 1990 - British and French workers digging the Channel Tunnel finally met under the English Channel.
