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1929 - "Black Tuesday" New York stock market crashes, triggers "Great Depression".

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1939 - Golden Gate International Exposition (Dan Francisco, California) closes.

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1940 - Secretary of War Henry L Stimson draws first number (158) in first peacetime military draft in US history.

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1942 - Alaska highway completed.

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1945 - First ball-point pen goes on sale in USA, at Gumbel's of New York, for US$12.50. Nearly 10,000 are sold on the first day.

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1960 - Chartered C46 carrying California State's football team crashes, kills 16.

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1964 - Star of India and other jewels are stolen in New York.

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1966 - National Organization of Women founded.

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1971 - The NBC TV network airs the TV special Grand Opening of Walt Disney World. Approximately 52 million people in the US view the 90-minute show.

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1982 - Car maker John DeLorean indicted for drug trafficking, later acquitted.

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