1912 Spanish steamer "Principe de Asturias" sinks northeast of Spain, 500 die

1917 The first jazz recording for Victor Records released

1922 "Nosferatu" premieres in Berlin

1923 Montana & Nevada become first states to enact old age pension laws

1924 Computing-Tabulating-Recording Corp becomes IBM

1924 King Hussein of Hedzjaz appoints himself kalief

1927 1,000 US marines land in China to protect American property

1927 US Marines land in China to protect American property during a civil uprising.

1931 Gandhi & British viceroy Lord Irwin sign pact

1933 FDR proclaims 10-day bank holiday

1933 Germany's Nazi Party wins majority in parliament (43.9%-17.2M votes)

1934 Mother-in-law's day first celebrated (Amarillo TX)

1936 The British Spitfire makes it's first flight (Eastleigh Aerodrome in Southampton)

1942 Bosnia Tito establishes 3rd Proletarit Brigade in Bosnia

1942 Japanese troop march into Batavia

1943 Anti fascist strikes in Italy

1943 British and Canadian bombers start Battle of the Ruhr; year-long bombing offensive against Germany.

1943 RAF bombs Essen Germany

1943 The Japanese are routed in the Battle of Bismark Sea off New Guinea.

1945 Allied troops converge on the Rhine.

1945 Generals Eisenhower, Patton & Patch meet in Luneville

1945 US 7th Army Corps captures Cologne

1945 US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Gretchen Merrill

1946 British prime minister Winston Churchill delivers his "Iron Curtain" speech at Westminster College in Fulton, MS.

1946 Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech (Fulton MO), the term sticks for the next 50 years

1948 Actor Eli Wallach marries actress Anne Jackson

1948 US rocket flies record 4800 KPH to 126k height

1953 Josef Stalin's death announced

1953 Soviet dictator Josef Stalin dies at age 73.

1955 Elvis Presley's first TV appearance on "Louisiana Hayride" show

1956 "King Kong", first televised

1957 Eamon de Valera's Fianna Fail-party wins election in Ireland

1957 Sergeant Bilko satirizes Elvis Presley

1958 Explorer 2 fails to reach Earth orbit

1959 Iran & US sign economic & military treaty

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