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1933 - The Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago closes (first of two years).

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1936 - Oakland Bay Bridge opens in California.

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1940 - Blizzard strikes midwestern US, 154 die (69 on boat on Great Lakes).

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1946 - First drive-up bank window established (Chicago, Illinois, USA).

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1946 - RKO Radio Pictures releases Disney's animated and live-action feature film Song of the South to theaters. Its premiere is held at Loew's Grand theater in Atlanta, Georgia. The film is based on the book Tales of Uncle Remus by Joel Chandler Harris.

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1954 - Ellis Island, immigration station in New York Harbor, closes, after processing more than 12 million immigrants since opening in 1892.

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1960 - Mercury-Redstone 1 test launch fails at 10 cm altitude.

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1975 - US Supreme Court Justice William O Douglas retires after 36 years.

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1979 - US halts Iranian oil imports and freezes Iranian assets.

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1981 - Second shuttle mission, first time a spacecraft is launched a second time (Columbia 2).

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