Abdication of Stanislas King of Poland Thomas Edison granted patent for an electric incandescent lamp National Geographic Society founded in Washington DC Midwinter Fair opens in Golden Gate Park US Marines occupy Haiti 1st public TV demonstration 1st locomotive to carry 1 000 000 pounds operated 1st Tape Recorder is sold Introducing the Beatles" album released in US Sen Margaret Chase Smith of Maine tried for Republican Pres bid Groundbreaking for Dragon Gateway at Grant Avenue Apollo 1 fire kills astronauts Grissom White and Chaffee Treaty banning military use of nuclear weapons in space is signed Montgomery St Station last link in BART holed thru US and Vietnam sign cease-fire ending longest US war and milt draft Pres Carter pardons most Vietnam War draft evaders (10 000) Islanders ends 23 undefeated games at home streak (15-0-8) Fifteenth Space Shuttle Mission - Discovery 3 returns to Earth
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Abdication of Stanislas King of Poland