Benjamin Netanyahu 1949 - Prime Minister of Israel
- 1849 - The first tattooed man, James F. O'Connell, was put on exhibition at the Franklin Theatre in New York City, NY.
- 1879 - Thomas Edison invented the electric incandescent lamp. It would last 13 1/2 hours before it would burn out.
- 1918 - Margaret Owen set a typing speed record of 170 words per minute on a manual typewriter.
- 1925 - The photoelectric cell was first demonstrated at the Electric Show in New York City, NY.
- 1945 - Women in France were allowed to vote for the first time.
- 1950 - Chinese forces invaded Tibet.
- 1983 - The Pentagon reported that 2,000 Marines were headed to Grenada to protect and evacuate Americans living there.
- 1994 - North Korea and the U.S. signed an agreement requiring North Korea to halt its nuclear program and agree to inspections.
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The longest running light bulb is/was in Mangum, OK. I think it was well beyond 50 years of constant use.
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