1889

The first jukebox was installed at the Palais Royal Saloon in San Francisco.

1936

First issue of Life magazine hit the newsstands. The cover photograph, by Margaret Bourke-White, featured the Fort Peck Dam.

1945

U.S. wartime food rationing, of meat, butter, and other foods, ended.

1971

People's Republic of China was seated at the UN Security Council.

2003

Eduard Shevardnadze resigned as president of Georgia.

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