On this day in 1865, US Congress passed the Thirteenth Amendment to the US Constitution, which abolished slavery.
On this day in 1917, Germany became the first country to employ the large scale use of poison gas in warfare.
On this day in 1930, Scotch Tape is first marketed by the 3M corporation.
On this day in 1950, President Harry S. Truman announced that a program is in place to develop the hydrogen bomb.
And, in Chuckery, Ohio in 1894, Mr. and Mrs. Will Wright had a baby girl.
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