1916 German colony of Cameroon surrenders to Britain &France

1916 Louis D. Brandeis becomes the first Jewish member of the U.S. Supreme Court.

1918 Strike on Berlin ammunitions factory

1918 Trotsky becomes leader of Reds

1922 American Pro Football Association renamed "National Football League"

1923 First "Reichs Party" (NSDAP) forms in Munich

1923 NSDAP first election in Munich

1925 -46ºF (-43ºC), Pittsburgh NH (state record)

1927 Serbian-Croatian-Slavic government of Oezonowitsj falls

1928 Christopher Hornsrud chosen PM of Norway at age 101

1932 First US state unemployment insurance act enacted-Wisconsin

1932 Japan occupies Shanghai

1933 French government of Paul Boncour falls

1933 German government of Von Schleicher falls

1934 The first US ski tow (rope) begins operation (Woodstock VT)

1935 Iceland becomes first country to legalize abortion

1936 Pravda criticizes Sjostakovitsj' "Lady Macbeth" opera

1942 General Timoshenko's troops move into Ukraine

1942 German troops occupy Benghazi Libya

1944 683 British bombers attack Berlin

1944 Leonard Bernstein's "Jeremiah," premieres in Pittsburgh

1944 U-271 &U-571 sunk off Ireland

1945 Dutch airplanes dump pamphlets on Java

1945 General "Vinegar Joe" Stillwell &truck convoy reopen Burma Road to China

1945 Swedish ships bring food to starving Netherlands

1947 "Bay Psalm" book auctioned for a record $151,000

1949 UN Security council condemns Dutch aggression in Indonesia

1950 Preston Tucker, auto maker, found not guilty of mail fraud

1951 "La Vie Commence Demain," which depicted artificial insemination &is the first X-rated movie, opened in London

1951 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

1956 Elvis Presley's first TV appearance (Dorsey Brothers Stage Show)

1958 Construction began on first private thorium-uranium nuclear reactor

1958 Dodger catcher Roy Campanella is paralyzed in an automobile wreck

1959 Soviet Union wins 62-37 for first international basketball loss by US

1960 Goon Show's final episode on BBC

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