1921 – British crime writer Agatha Christie publishes her first novel “The Mysterious Affair at Styles” introducing the character Hercule Poirot
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1884 – Dr. William Price attempts to cremate the body of his infant son, Iesu Grist (Welsh for Jesus Christ) Price, setting a legal precedent for cremation in the United Kingdom
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1831 – 1st US railroad honeymoon trip, Mr & Mrs Pierson, Charleston, South Carolina
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1861 – A Union merchant ship, the Star of the West, is fired upon as it tries to deliver supplies to Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina
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1953 – US President Harry Truman announces American development of the hydrogen bomb
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1949 – US President Harry Truman labels his administration the “Fair Deal”
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1847 – Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol to the United States government
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1896 – German physicist Wilhelm Röntgen announces his discovery of x-rays
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1932 – Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers‘ 1st joint movie “Flying Down to Rio”, directed by Thornton Freeland, premieres in NYC
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1947 – 1st “Howdy Doody Show” (Puppet Playhouse), telecast on NBC
