1980: President
Jimmy Carter deregulates the banking industry
1949: Winston Churchill
declares that the A-bomb was the only that kepy the soviet Union from taking
over Europe
1940: La Guardia airport
in New York officially opens to the public
1939: Britain and France
agree to support Poland if Germany threatens to invade
1918: Daylight Savings
Time goes into effect throughout the United States for the first time
1889: The Eiffel Tower in
Paris officially opens on the Left Bank as part of the Exhibition of 1889
1836: The first monthly
installment of The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens is
published in London
1809: Nikolai V.
Gogol born (Russian Writer, The Inspector General, Dead Souls)
1776: Abigail Adams
writes to husband John that women are "determind to foment a
rebellion" if the new Declaration of Independence fails to guarantee their
rights
1596: Rene Descartes born
(French philosopher and scientist)
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