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Events and birthdays around the world on this day
In 1778 Oliver Pollock, a New Orleans Businessman, creates the "$" symbol.
In 1815 Otto von Bismarck, statesman, born.
In 1863 First wartime conscription law in US went into effect.
In 1873 Sergei Rachmaninoff (in Novgorod Province, Russia), composer, born.
In 1883 Lon Chaney, actor, man of a thousand faces, born.
In 1889 The first dishwashing machine is marketed in Chicago.
In 1918 Royal Air Force established in Britain.
In 1930 Grace Lee Whitney, actor (Star Trek), born.
In 1932 Debbie Reynolds (in El Paso, TX), actor, dancer, born.
In 1933 Nazi Germany began persecution of Jews boycotting Jewish businesses.
In 1939 U.S. recognized Franco govt in Spain at end of the Spanish civil war.
In 1945 American forces launched the invasion of Okinawa during WW II.
In 1952 Annette O'Toole (in Houston, TX), actor, born.
In 1960 TIROS I (Television and Infra-Red Observation Satellite) launched to improve weather prediction.
In 1979 Iran proclaimed an Islamic Republic following the fall of the Shah.
In 1984 Marvin Gaye shot to death by his father Marvin Gaye Sr in LA.
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