1795 – Josiah G. Pierson received a patent for a rivet machine.
1858 – Eleazer A. Gardner of Philadelphia, PA received a patent for the cable street car.
1861 – John D. Defrees became the first Superintendent of the United States Government Printing Office.
1880 – John Stevens of Neenah, WI patented the device which was called a grain crushing mill. The machine allowed flour production to increase by 70 percent and to sell for $2 more per barrel.
1919 – Benito Mussolini broke with Italian socialists and established the Fascist party.
1983 – Barney Clark died 112 days after becoming the world’s first recipient of a permanent artificial heart.
1986 – Martina Navratilova defeated Hana Mandlikova to win the Virginia Slims Championship. It was the first women’s tournament to go four sets since 1901.
1998 – The movie, Titanic, won 11 Oscars at the 70th Annual Academy Awards, tying the number of awards won by Ben-Hur in 1960.
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