[ T O D A Y I N H I S T O R Y ] • 1794 , Eli Whitney is granted a patent for the cotton gin • 1812, the U.S. government authorized issue of Americas first war bonds, to pay for military equipment for use against the British • 1900, the Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing United States currency on the gold standard • 1903, the Hay-Herran Treaty, granting the United States the right to build the Panama Canal, is ratified by the United States Senate. The Colombian Senate would later reject the treaty • 1910, Lakeview Gusher, the largest U.S. oil well gusher near Bakersfield, California, vented to atmosphere • 1923, President Warren G. Harding became the first chief executive to file an income tax report, paying a tax of $17,990 on his $75,000 salary • 1939, the republic of Czechoslovakia was dissolved, opening the way for Nazi occupation of Czech areas and the separation of Slovakia • 1942, Orvan Hess and John Bumstead became the first in the United States successfully to treat a patient, Anne Miller, using penicillin • 1943, during World War II: The Krakow Ghetto is liquidated by the Nazis, ymsh • 1950, the FBIs 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list made its debut • 1951, during theKorean War: For the second time, United Nations troops recapture Seoul • 1964, a jury in Dallas, Texas, finds Jack Ruby guilty of killing Lee Harvey Oswald, assumed assassin of John F. Kennedy • 1967, the body of President John F. Kennedy is moved to a permanent burial place at Arlington National Cemetery • 1989, the Bush administration announced it would ban imports of semi-automatic assault rifles indefinitely • 1990, the Soviet Congress of Peoples Deputies held a secret ballot that elected Mikhail S. Gorbachev to a new, powerful presidency • 1991, scientists from around the world reported the discovery of the gene that triggers colon cancer. ALSO: The emir of Kuwait returned to his country for the first time since the Iraq invasion • 1995, astronaut Norman Thagard becomes the first American astronaut to ride to space on-board a Russian launch vehicle • 2004, two practitioners of that religion of peace praised Allah as they blew themselves up, killing eleven Israelis in the port of Ashdod • 2007, the Pentagon released the transcript of a military hearing in which Khalid Sheikh Mohammed said he was responsible for the 9/11 operation from A to Z. • 2010, U.S. President Barack Obama called Israels plan to build 1,600 housing units in the Jewish states capitol dangerous and a top aide branded the move a calculated attempt to undermine peace efforts. ALSO: Katie Spotz, 22, of Mentor, Ohio, became the youngest person and first American to complete a solo boat journey across the Atlantic Ocean, a 2,817-mile, 2 1/2-month voyage in a 19-foot wooden rowboat • 2013, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said more people are moving into the city than moving out for the first time in more than 60 years
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