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- 1774 - Britain passed the Coercive Act against Massachusetts.
- 1797 - Nathaniel Briggs patented a washing machine.
- 1854 - The Crimean War began with Britain and France declaring war on Russia.
- 1865 - Outdoor advertising legislation was enacted in New York. The law banned "painting on stones, rocks and trees."
- 1885 - The Salvation Army was officially organized in the U.S.
- 1898 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a child born in the U.S. to Chinese immigrants was a U.S. citizen. This meant that they could not be deported under the Chinese Exclusion Act.
- 1917 - During World War I the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) was founded.
- 1933 - In Germany, the Nazis ordered a ban on all Jews in businesses, professions and schools.
- 1974 - A streaker ran onto the set of "The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson."
- 1979 - A major accident occurred at Pennsylvania's Three Mile Island nuclear power plant. A nuclear power reactor overheated and suffered a partial meltdown.
- 1986 - More than 6,000 radio stations of all format varieties played "We are the World" simultaneously at 10:15 a.m. EST.
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