this day in history On August 12 1865 Disinfectant was used for the first time during surgery by Joseph Lister. 1877 Thomas Edison invented the phonograph and made the first sound recording. 1898 Hawaii was annexed by the U.S. 1944 Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. was killed with his co-pilot when their Navy plane exploded over England. Joseph Kennedy was the oldest son of Joseph and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy. 1964 Mickey Mantle set a major league baseball record when he hit home runs from both the left and ride sides of the plate in the same game. 1972 The last American ground troops left Vietnam. 1986 It was announced by NASA that they had selected a new rocket design for the space shuttle. The move was made in an effort to correct the flaws that were believed to have been responsible for the Challenger disaster. 1990 The first U.S. casualty occurred during the Persian Gulf crisis when Air Force Staff Sergeant, John Campisi, died after being hit by a military truck. 1992 The U.S., Canada and Mexico announced that the North American Free Trade Agreement had been created after 14 months of negotiations. 1998 Swiss banks agreed to pay $1.25 billion as restitution to World War II Holocaust victims.
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