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1932 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards an Honorable Mention Oscar award to Walt Disney Productions for "Distinctive Achievement", the creation of Mickey Mouse.

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1932 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards an Oscar (Short Subjects, Cartoons) to Walt Disney for the film Flowers and Trees. This is the first Academy Award for a cartoon.

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1936 - Main span of Golden Gate Bridge (San Francisco, California) is joined.

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1943 - First US ambassador to Canada, Ray Atherton, nominated.

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1955 - Bell X-2 rocket plane taken up for first powered flight.

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1960 - Copyright office issues its ten-millionth registration.

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1961 - US Ranger 2 launched to Moon; failed.

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1964 - J Edgar Hoover describes Martin Luther King as "most notorious liar".

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1966 - US Roman Catholic bishops do away with rule against eating meat on Fridays.

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1967 - British government devalues pound sterling from US equivalent of US$2.80 to US$2.40.

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