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| | | | 1913: The first drive-in gas station opens in Pittsburgh.
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1935: Chiang Kai-shek is elected chairman of the Kuomintang (Nationalist Party) Executive Council, thereby becoming virtual ruler of China.
Learn more about Chiang Kai-shek.
1955: Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat to a white man on a city bus in Montgomery, Ala., leading to a citywide protest against segregation.
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1955: The first remote-control railroad passenger car goes into service.
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1959: A camera mounted on the nose of a missile takes the first color picture of Earth from space.
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1959: The Antarctic Treaty, which is designed to preserve the continent of Antarctica for peaceful purposes, is signed by 12 countries, including the USSR and the U.S.
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2000: Vicente Fox is sworn in as president of Mexico, ending 71 years of rule by the Institutional Revolutionary Party, the longest single-party dominance of a democratic country in modern political history.
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| Born On This Day |
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| | | | Woody Allen, American director, actor, and writer (1935)
Bette Midler, American actor and singer (1945)
Richard Pryor, American actor, director, screenwriter, and stand-up comic (1940)
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| Mystery Person of the Day |
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| | | | Who am I? I was born on this day in 1939. I won 17 Professional Golfer's Association titles, including six major tournaments.
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| Your Astrological Sign |
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| | | | The archer is the symbol of Sagittarians. Sagittarians are thought to be friendly, philosophical, and optimistic. Though they need freedom, they tend to be fairly conventional. They respect honesty in all its forms. Learn more about Sagittarius.
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