1868:Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for an invention he called a ''Type-Writer.''
1947:The Senate overrode President Truman's veto of the Taft-Hartley Act.
1969:Warren Burger was sworn in as Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
1972:Richard Nixon and H. R. Haldeman discussed ways to obstruct the FBI's Watergate investigation. Revelation of this conversation spurred on Nixon's 1974 resignation.
1992:Mobster John Gotti was sentenced to life in prison.
1995:Dr. Jonas Salk, the medical pioneer who developed the first polio vaccine, died.
1982:Lowest temperature ever recorded at the South pole: - 117F
1976:The CCN Tower in Toronto (555 m) opens
1976:The CCN Tower in Toronto (555 m) opens
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