1842: U.S. - Canada border defined by Webster-Ashburton Treaty
1910: Alva Fisher patents electric washing machine
1936: Jesse Owens wins 4th gold medal at Berlin Olympics
1945: World War II: USAAF bomber Bockscar dropped an atomic bomb named "Fat Man", devastating Nagasaki, Japan.
1969: Followers of cult leader Charles Manson murdered pregnant actress Sharon Tate and four others in her home in Benedict Canyon, Los Angeles.
1972: Rockwell receives NASA contract to construct Space Shuttle
1974: The Watergate scandal: Richard Nixon became the first (and to date only) President of the United States to resign from office.

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