On this day in history: 1593 Frances King Henry IV converted from Protestantism to Roman Catholicism. 1952 Puerto Rico became a self-governing commonwealth of the United States. 1956 The Italian liner Andrea Doria collided with the Swedish ship Stockholm off the New England coast, claiming the lives of 51 people. 1965 Bob Dylan shocked his fans at the Newport Folk Festival by playing electric guitar. 1975 The musical A Chorus Line opened on Broadway. 1978 The first baby conceived by in-vitro fertilization was born in Oldham, England. 1984 Soviet cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya became the first woman to walk in space. 1994 Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Jordans King Hussein signed a declaration at the White House ending their countries 46-year state of war. 2000 Texas Gov. George W. Bush selected Dick Cheney to be his running mate on the Republican presidential ticket. 2008 California became the first state to ban trans fats from restaurant food.
Posted on: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 18:39:08 +0000
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