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Dateline, January 19:
- 1935 coopers inc. sells the first briefs.
- 1937 howard hughes sets a new record by flying from los angeles to new york in 7 hours 28 minutes.
- 1942 japanese forces invade berma.
- 1946 general douglas mac arthur organizes the international military tribunal to try japanese war criminals.
- 1953 68% of all televisions sets in america are tuned in to the i love lucy show, to watch lucy give birth.
- 1977 president gerald ford pardons tokyo rose. also snowfalls for the only recorded time in miami, florida and the bahamas.
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