Harry Sinclair Lewis
1907 – The Mud March is the first large procession organized by the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS).
1935 – The classic board game Monopoly is invented.
1940 – The animated film Pinocchio had its world premiere, and it became one of Disney’s most beloved classics, known for its brilliant animation and compelling story.
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1962 – The United States bans all Cuban imports and exports.
1964 – The musical British Invasion began when the Beatles landed in New York City this day in 1964, and two nights later, as Beatlemania stormed America, their performance on The Ed Sullivan Show was watched by 73 million viewers.
1979 – Pluto moves inside Neptune’s orbit for the first time since either was discovered.
1984 – Space Shuttle program: STS-41-B Mission – Astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart make the first untethered space walk using the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU).
1990 – Dissolution of the Soviet Union: The Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party agrees to give up its monopoly on power.
1991 – Provisional Irish Republican Army launches a mortar attack on 10 Downing Street during a cabinet meeting in an attempt to assassinate UK Prime Minister John Major, injuring four people.
1992 – The Maastricht Treaty is signed, leading to the creation of the European Union.
1999 – Crown Prince Abdullah becomes the King of Jordan on the death of his father, King Hussein.
2007 – Explosions rocked an army barracks, a bridge, and an air base in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna amid a wave of attacks blamed on Islamist group Boko Haram. The military said the attack on the barracks was carried out by a suicide bomber wearing an army uniform.
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