1959 US Barbie Doll
1959 : Barbie doll makes debut at the American Toy Fair in New York, Toys From the 1950s, the doll was designed by Ruth Handler and introduced by Mattel Toy Company costing $3.
1916 Francisco "Pancho" Villa
1916 : Several hundred Mexican guerrillas under the command of Francisco "Pancho" Villa cross the U.S.-Mexican border and attack the small border town of Columbus, New Mexico Additionally, the center of the town was burned. Villa was also influential in various attacks made during the Mexican Revolution.
1920 Germany Allied Forces
1920 : Allied forces of World War I (France, Belgium, and Great Britain) moved into three major German cities. The cities entered into by these Allied Forces include Düsseldorf, Duisburg, and Ruhrort.
1933 US Emergency Banking Act
1933 : President Franklin Roosevelt submits the Emergency Banking Act to Congress to ease the run on small banks causing them to go into bankruptcy.
1935 Canada Hockey
1935 : John Taylor, a 16-year old junior hockey player, was recognized in a local newspaper for his superior performance on the ice. He was the highest scorer in his league during the most recent season as of this date. Moreover, he stayed out of the penalty box during play. In fact, both John and his brother Fred did not receive one penalty during the entire hockey playoffs during this year.
1945 Japan US Offensive
1945 : This was the day of a new American offensive on Japan. The U.S.A. had dropped approximately 2,000 bombs on Tokyo from now until approximately two days from this date. It was estimated that at least 80,000 Japanese residents and/or citizens had died, and at least 16 square miles of Tokyo had been burned.
1955 U.S.A. James Dean
1955 : James Dean’s first performance in a major film started as of this date. He starred in a movie entitled East of Eden, for which he had won an academy award nomination.
1973 Northern Ireland Referendum
1973 : In a referendum in Northern Ireland over the future of the province people vote to remain within the United Kingdom. But a boycott by the Roman Catholic population meant only 59% of the population had taken part in the vote.
1974 U.S.A. Alaska Oil Pipeline
1974 : Work on the 800 mile long Alaska Oil pipeline connecting oil fields in northern Alaska to the sea port at Valdez. It is completed in just over two years in 1977 and transports up to 2 million barrels of oil per day.
1976 Italy Cable Car
1976 : The steel line supporting a cable car snaps in the ski resort of Cavalese and 43 skiers aboard crashes into Mt. Cermis.
1977 Romania Earthquake
1977 : As hard as rescuers and trained dogs had searched, hope diminished as many people still remained trapped beneath earthquake rubble. One family was found the night before but did not make it long enough in order to be pulled out of the mess of collapsed apartment building debris.
1980 Jordan Peace Talks
1980 : According to a report dated March 9, 1980, Jordan had agreed to the United States initiative towards peace. However, this country demanded that the PLO be involved in negations that would lead towards the goal of peace.
1997 U.S.A. Notorious B.I.G. Shot
1997 : A rapper known as Notorious B.I.G. (Christopher Wallace) was shot to death in a drive by shooting while sitting at a stoplight in Los Angeles. This murder was thought to be brought upon by a rift between rival rappers from both the East and West Coast. Notorious B.I.G. was killed only a few weeks before his latest album entitled Life after Death was scheduled to be released. A similar incident occurred in Las Angeles only six months prior (rapper Tupac Shakur killed by drive-by shooter).
2004 Beltway Sniper Attacks
2004 : John Allen Muhammad was sentenced to death in Virginia for the murder of Dean Harold Meyers in Prince William County, Virginia as part of the so called 2002 Beltway sniper attacks, killing 10 people over 8 states Alabama, Arizona, California, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Texas and Virginia.
2005 U.S.A. Michael Jackson Case
2005 : The child at the center of the case against Michael Jackson took the witness stand, saying he once considered the pop star being tried for allegedly molesting him "the coolest guy in the world." (Jackson was later acquitted.)
2009 President Obama ends restrictions on stem cell research
2009 : President Barack Obama has lifted the restrictions that were placed on federal funding for research into new stem cell lines. Obama's executive order is a major reversal of U.S. policy, and he has pledged to support the new research. George Bush had blocked the use of government money to fund it. Scientists have said that the research will lead to medical breakthroughs, but religious groups are opposed to the development of embryonic stem cells.
2010 Pennsylvania woman is charged with terror offences
2010 : A Pennsylvania woman has been charged with terror offences that include using the Internet to recruit militants for overseas attacks. Colleen LaRose, who is also known as Fatima LaRose and 'Jihad Jane,' was arrested in Philadelphia in October, 2009. A federal indictment has accused her of agreeing to kill a Swedish citizen, and for traveling to Europe to do that.
2011 Illinois Abolishes Death Penalty
2011 : Illinois became the sixteenth state in the United States to abolish the death penalty. A ten-year moratorium on the death penalty in Illinois was made permanent after governor Pat Quinn signed a bill ending all executions in the state. The moratorium was put in place in 2000 by former Illinois governor George Ryan after many death row inmates were released from death row when journalists had found proof they had been wrongly convicted.
2012 United States Bigamy Discovered Through Facebook
2012 : The wife of a man in the US state of Washington uncovered her husband's bigamy after a Facebook feature exposed her to her husband's other wife. The second wife was featured in the "People you may know" section of the woman's facebook feed. The couple had been estranged but not legally divorced and the woman saw wedding pictures of her husband and his new wife on the social networking site.
2013 Malta General Election Ends
2013 : Polls in Malta closed after the general election ended. There was a high turnout and experts expected that the Nationalist party which had been in power for fifteen years might be losing its grip on voters despite economic success.
2014 Yemen Migrant Boat Sinks
2014 : A migrant boat carrying African migrant workers sunk off the coast of Yemen. Forty-two people drowned and at least thirty people were saved by a Yemeni naval patrol.
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