Saturday, January 18, 2025


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Misc. History


1825 - Ezra Daggett and Thomas Kensett of New York City patented a canning process to preserve salmon, oysters and lobsters.

1883 - Thomas Edison's first village electric lighting system using overhead wires began operation in Roselle, NJ.

1949 - The salary of the President of the United States was increased from $75,000 to $100,000 with an additional $50,000 expense allowance for each year in office.

1953 - Sixty-eight percent of all TV sets in the U.S. were tuned to CBS-TV, as Lucy Ricardo, of "I Love Lucy," gave birth to a baby boy.

1957 - Johnny Cash made his first network TV appearance, on CBS' "Jackie Gleason Show."

1966 - Indira Gandhi was elected prime minister of India.

1981 - The U.S. and Iran signed an agreement paving the way for the release of 52 Americans held hostage for more than 14 months.


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