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1935 - US Supreme Court declares President Franklin Roosevelt's National Recovery Act unconstitutional.

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1937 - In California, the Golden Gate Bridge officially opens to pedestrian traffic. The bridge is the world's longest span to date, between San Francisco and Marin County.

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1939 - DC Comics publishes its second superhero, "Batman".

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1941 - US President Franklin Roosevelt proclaimes an "unlimited national emergency" due to Germany's sinking of Robin Moor.

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1942 - Dorie Miller, awarded Navy Cross medal for deeds at Pearl Harbor.

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1943 - US forbids racial discrimination in war industry.

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1948 - RKO Radio Pictures releases Disney's animated and live-action feature film Melody Time to theaters in the USA. It includes the animated films Once Upon a Wintertime, Bumble Boogie, Johnny Appleseed, Little Toot, Blame it on the Samba (with Donald Duck), and Pecos Bill.

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1956 - US performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests).

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1958 - The F-4 Phantom II first flies.

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1958 - Vanguard SLV-1 launched for Earth orbit (failed).

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