1869 Suez Canal in Egypt opens, linking Mediterranean and Red seas.
1913 The first ship sails through the Panama Canal, which connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
1937 Britain's Lord Halifax visits Germany, beginning of appeasement.
1970 Douglas Engelbart receives the patent for the first computer mouse.
1973 US President Richard Nixon tells AP "...people have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook"
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