1912<\/strong> – The German Zeppelin\u00a0SZ 111<\/i>\u00a0burned in its hanger in Friedrichshafen.<\/p>\n 1913<\/strong> – U.S. Marines set sail from San Diego to protect American interests in Mexico.<\/p>\n 1917<\/strong> – The Russian Duma met in a secret session in Petrograd and voted for an immediate Russian offensive against the German Army. (World War I)<\/p>\n 1924<\/strong> – The Fascist militia marched into Rome.<\/p>\n 1926<\/strong> – Spain threatened to quit the League of Nations if Germany was allowed to join.<\/p>\n 1928<\/strong> – Amelia Earhart began the flight that made her the first woman to successfully fly across the Atlantic Ocean.<\/p>\n 1930<\/strong> – The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Bill became law. It placed the highest tariff on imports to the U.S.<\/p>\n 1931<\/strong> – British authorities in China arrested Indochinese Communist leader Ho Chi Minh.<\/p>\n 1932<\/strong> – The U.S. Senate defeated the bonus bill as 10,000 veterans massed around the Capitol.<\/p>\n 1940<\/strong> – The Soviet Union occupied Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia.<\/p>\n 1940<\/strong> – France asked Germany for terms of surrender in World War II.<\/p>\n 1941<\/strong> – WNBT-TV in New York City,\u00a0NY, was granted the first construction permit to operate a commercial TV station in the U.S.<\/p>\n 1942<\/strong> –\u00a0Yank<\/i>, a weekly magazine for the U.S. armed services, began publication. The term “G.I. Joe” was first used in a comic strip by Dave Breger.<\/p>\n 1942<\/strong> – “Suspense” debuted on CBS Radio.<\/p>\n 1944<\/strong> – French troops landed on the island of Elba in the Mediterranean.<\/p>\n 1944<\/strong> – The Republic of Iceland was established.<\/p>\n 1950<\/strong> – Dr. Richard H. Lawler performed the first kidney transplant in a 45-minute operation in Chicago,\u00a0IL.<\/p>\n 1953<\/strong> – Soviet tanks fought thousands of Berlin workers that were rioting against the East German government.<\/p>\n 1963<\/strong> – The U.S. Supreme Court banned the required reading of the Lord’s prayer and Bible in public schools.<\/p>\n 1965<\/strong> – Twenty-seven B-52\u2019s hit Viet Cong outposts but lost two planes in South Vietnam.<\/p>\n 1969<\/strong> – Boris Spassky became chess champion of the world after checkmating former champion Tigran Petrosian in Moscow.<\/p>\n 1970<\/strong> – North Vietnamese troops cut the last operating rail line in Cambodia.<\/p>\n 1982<\/strong> – Former\u00a0U.S. President Richard M. Nixon\u00a0was interviewed by Diane Sawyer on “The CBS Morning News.”<\/p>\n 1985<\/strong> – Judy Norton-Taylor was photographed for “Playboy” magazine.<\/p>\n 1991<\/strong> – The Parliament of South Africa repealed the Population Registration Act. 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