* 1492, Muhammad XI, the sultan of Granada, the last Arab stronghold in
Spain, surrendered to Spanish forces
* 1492, Muhammad XI, the sultan of Granada, the last Arab stronghold in
Spain, surrendered to Spanish forces
* 1935, Bruno Hauptmann goes on trial for the murder of Charles
Lindbergh, Jr., infant son of aviator Charles Lindbergh. (Hauptmann was
found guilty, and executed.)
* 1941, during World War II: The U.S. government announces its Liberty
ship program to build freighters in support of the war effort
* 1974, President Richard Nixon signs a bill lowering the maximum US
speed limit to 55 MPH in order to conserve gasoline during an OPEC
embargo (Federal speed limits were abolished in 1995)
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