August Busch 1899
- 1797 - Nathaniel Briggs patented a washing machine.
- 1854 - The Crimean War began with Britain and France declaring war on Russia.
- 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.
- 2010 - China's Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co. signed a deal to buy Ford Motor Co.'s Volvo car unit.
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