1812 • President James Madison enacted a ninety-day embargo on trade with the United Kingdom.

1814 • Napoleon abdicates for the first time.

1818 • The flag was declared to have thirteen red and white stripes and twenty stars and that a new star would be added for the each new state.

1841 • President William Henry Harrison, at the age of 68, became the first president to die in office. He had been sworn in only a month before he died of pneumonia.

1850 • The city of Los Angeles was incorporated.

1914 • The first known serialized moving picture opened in New York City, NY. It was The Perils of Pauline.

1917 • The Senate voted 90-6 to enter World War One on the Allied side.

1949 • Twelve nations signed a treaty to create The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

1958 • The CND Peace Symbol displayed in public for the first time in London.

1967 • Johnny Carson quit The Tonight Show. He returned three weeks later after getting a raise of $30,000 a week.

1975 • Microsoft is founded as a partnership between Robber Barons Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque, NM.

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