Birth anniversaries of filmmaker Akira Kurosawa (1910-98) and actress Joan Crawford (1905-77).
Happy Birthday, Louie Anderson, Roger Bannister, Keri Russell.
1806 - Explorers Lewis and Clark, reached the Pacific coast, and began their return journey to the east.
1839 - The first recorded use of "OK" [oll korrect] was used in Boston's Morning Post.
1857 - Elisha Otis installed the first modern passenger elevator in a public building. It was at the corner of Broome Street and Broadway in New York City.
1912 - The Dixie Cup was invented.
1919 - Benito Mussolini founded his Fascist political movement in Milan, Italy.
1933 - The German Reichstag adopted the Enabling Act. The act effectively granted Adolf Hitler dictatorial legislative powers.
1957 - The U.S. Army sold the last of its homing pigeons.
1972 - Evel Knievel broke 93 bones after successfully jumping 35 cars.
1973 - The last airing of "Concentration" took place. The show had been on NBC for 15 years.
1980 - The deposed shah of Iran, Muhammad Riza Pahlavi, left Panama for Egypt.
1998 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that term limits for state lawmakers were constitutional.
1998 - The movie "Titanic" won 11 Oscars at the Academy Awards.
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