1835 US national debt is $0 for the first and only time in history.
1940 Britain's first WW II rationing (bacon, butter & sugar)
1948 Queen Wilhelmina signs death sentence against Ans van Dijk for treason.
1966 The Who & the Kinks perform on the last "Shindig" TV show on ABC
2004 RMS Queen Mary 2, the largest passenger ship ever built, is christened by her namesake's granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II
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