>>Today In History On this day: In 1802, the U.S. Military Academy at West Point was established by an act of Congress. The school was originally intended for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. In 1850, Nathaniel Hawthornes novel, The Scarlet Letter, was published for the first time. In 1882, the United States Senate approved a treaty allowing the U.S. to join the Red Cross. In 1915, the Federal Trade Commission began operating. The government appointed group was formed to regulate commerce and prohibit unlawful trade. In 1918, Tallulah Bankhead made her New York acting debut in The Squab Farm. In 1945, the Japanese Island of Iwo Jima was secured by the Allies. In 1955, The Ballad of Davy Crockett hit the number one spot on the pop music charts. In 1963, Peter, Paul and Mary released the controversial song Puff The Magic Dragon. Critics believed the song was a reference to smoking marijuana. In 1966, Julie Newmar appeared as Catwoman on the Batman series for the first time. In 1985, A Chorus Line played performance number four-thousand at New Yorks Schubert Theatre. In 1985, Hockey Hall-of-Famer Eddie Shore died at the age of 82. In 1985, journalist Terry Anderson was kidnapped by gunmen in Beirut, Lebanon. He was released in 1991 after being held captive for more than 24-hundred days. In 1985, Paul McCartney topped People magazines list of top show business moneymakers with an estimated worth of about 500-million dollars. In 1986, actress Debra Winger and actor Timothy Hutton were married. In 1995, astronaut Norman Thagard became the first American to visit the Russian space station Mir. In 1996, One Sweet Day by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men logged its 16th week at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, setting a new record for the most weeks spent at number one by a single. In 2005, a judge in Redwood City, California formally sentenced Scott Peterson to death for the murders of his pregnant wife Laci and their unborn son. In 2005, a California jury found actor Robert Blake not guilty of first degree murder in the 2001 death of his wife Bonny Lee Bakley. The jury also found the former Baretta TV actor not guilty on one count of solicitation of murder. The jury deadlocked on a second count of solicitation of murder with eleven of the panel members voting not guilty, and one person voting guilty. In 2010, the estate for late pop superstar Michael Jackson signed what was reported to be the largest recording deal in history with Sony Music. The deal, which was said to be worth 250-Million-dollars, gave Sony the rights to sell Jacksons back catalog, previously unreleased tracks and the soundtrack to the This Is It concert movie which Jackson was filming before his sudden death in June 2009.
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