1512 Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the conduct of settlers with regards to native Indians in the New World
1657 “Flushing Remonstrance” petition signed in the Dutch colony of New Netherland, protesting the ban on Quaker worship
1939 Between 20,000 and 40,000 die in magnitude 8 earthquake in Erzincam, Turkey
1945 International Monetary Fund formally established by 29 member countries based on ideas of Harry Dexter White and John Maynard Keynes
1949 Queen Juliana of the Netherlands grants independence to Indonesia
1979 After invading Afghanistan two days earlier Soviet forces pull off a coup in Kabul, killing President Hafizullah Amin
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Today In Film & TV
1947 1st “Howdy Doody Show” (Puppet Playhouse), telecast on NBC
Today In Music
1932 Radio City Music Hall opens in New York City
Today In Sport
1981 Oiler Wayne Gretzky becomes fastest NHLer to get 100 pts (38th game)
1845 Ether 1st used in childbirth in US in Jefferson, Georgia
2012 NASA unveils plans to capture a 500 ton asteroid in 2025
Famous Weddings
1925 Inventor George Gallup (24) weds Ophelia Smith Miller
1950 American actor Henry Fonda (45) weds socialite and third wife Susan Blanchard (22) in New York City; divorce in 1956
1953 Broadcasting pioneer Roone Arledge (22) weds Joan Heise at St. Frances de Chantal Parish in Wantagh, New York
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