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1866 – 1st US company to make sewing needles by machine incorporated in Connecticut
1893 – 1st US federal railroad legislation passed; required safety features
1895 – US Congress renames the Office of Immigration as the Bureau of Immigration
1942 – 14th Academy Awards: “How Green was My Valley”, Gary Cooper, and Joan Fontaine win
1967 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1968 – Ice Pairs Championship at Geneva won by Belousova and Protopopov of the Soviet Union
2012 – New fiscal compact to prevent excessive debt is signed by 25 out of 27 European Union members
2021 – Governors of Texas and Mississippi both announce they are lifting mask mandates and COVID-19 health measures despite CDC warnings of complacency
