Nixon denied being a fraudster in 1973, but resigned in 1974 due to the Watergate scandal. Other events include the founding of the NRA in 1871, the invention of the computer mouse in 1970, and the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869. The first talks on Strategic Arms Limitation began in 1969, and the first remote controlled robot landed on the Moon in 1970. Nathaniel Palmer discovered the Antarctic Peninsula in 1820, and Kmart bought Sears in 2004.
US President Richard Nixon insisted he was not a fraudster. (1973) President Nixon spoke to more than 400 Associated Press editors at a meeting in Orlando, Florida at Walt Disney World. He stated that “people need to know if their president is a crook or not. Well, I’m not a scammer.” President Nixon resigned from office on August 9, 1974, amid the investigation into the Watergate scandal and facing likely impeachment and conviction. He was the first US president to resign from office.
The first session of the US Congress was held. (1800) Congress met in the United States Capitol in Washington DC, which was still under construction.
The National Rifle Association (NRA) is founded. (1871) George Wood Wingate and William Conant Church founded the group by obtaining a charter in New York. Today, the group has more than four million members.
The first patent for a computer mouse was awarded. (1970) The patent was issued to the American inventor Douglas Engelbart. The first mouse of him had a wooden casing and metal wheels.
The principles of the transistor were observed by two American scientists, leading to the invention of the transistor. (1947) Scientists Walter Brattain and John Bardeen shared information with American inventor and physicist William Bradford Shockley Jr., and the three worked together to invent the transistor. All three were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for the invention. The transistor is the basic technology behind almost all electronic devices used today.
The Suez Canal is opened. (1869) Canal connects the Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea through modern Egypt. The construction took 10 years and initially started with forced labor using picks and shovels.
The first talks on Strategic Arms Limitation (SALT) began. (1969) The SALT I negotiations were a conversation on arms reduction between the United States and the Soviet Union. The two sides hoped to reign in the Cold War arms race. The talks continued for three years and resulted in the signing of the SALT I Agreement on May 26, 1972. The agreement led to the signing of additional arms control treaties and agreements, including SALT II and the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START ).
The first remote controlled robot landed on another celestial body. (1970) The rover robot, called Lunokhod 1, was launched from the Soviet Union and successfully landed on the Moon. The rover was part of the Soviet Union’s Lunokhod space program.
The first American to see Antarctica. (1820) American sealer and sailing captain Nathaniel Palmer and his exploration party discovered the Antarctic Peninsula, later named in the United States as the Palmer Peninsula. It is now called the Antarctic Peninsula because other countries had also named it after their explorers and a certain consistency was needed.
Kmart bought Sears, Roebuck and Co., forming one of the largest retail companies in the United States. (2004) Sale of US$11 billion (USD) resulted in the merger of Kmart Holdings Corporation and Sears, Roebuck and Co., creating Sears Holding Corporation.
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