1810 – US Population: 7,239,881, African American population: 1,377,808 (19%)
1893 – Thomas Edison completes worlds 1st movie studio at West Orange, New Jersey
1920 – 1st commercial armored car introduced (St Paul, Minn)
1924 – Amsterdam’s Netherlands Press Museum opens
1951 – 1st X-ray moving picture process demonstrated
1953 – Dr A de Waal appointed as Netherlands’ first female assistant secretary of state
1960 – Extreme right-wing rebels in Algiers surrender
1982 – “Late Night With David Letterman” debuts on NBC-TV, Bill Murray is first guest
2015 – 31st Sundance Film Festival: “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” wins Grand Jury Prize Dramatic
2017 – British MPs vote in favour of the European Union Bill, allowing the government to begin Brexit