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* 1761, the first life insurance policy in the United States was
issued, in Philadelphia.
* 1819, the first steam-propelled vessel to attempt a trans-Atlantic
crossing, the Savannah, departed from Savannah, Ga. (It arrived in
Liverpool, England, on June 20.)
* 1868, the "Great Train Robbery" took place near Marshfield, Ind.,
as seven members of the Reno gang made off with $96,000 in loot.
* 1939, Adolf Hitler, and Benito Mussolini signed a "Pact of
Steel" committing Germany and Italy to a military alliance.
* 1947, the "Truman Doctrine" was enacted as Congress appropriated
military and economic aid for Greece and Turkey.
* 1969, the lunar module of Apollo 10 flew to within nine miles of
the moon's surface in a dress rehearsal for the first lunar landing.
* 1972, President Nixon began a visit to the Soviet Union, during
which he and Kremlin leaders signed the SALT I arms limitation
treaty. ALSO: The island nation of Ceylon became the republic of Sri
Lanka.
* 1979, Canadians voted in parliamentary elections that put the
Progressive Conservatives in power, ending the 11-year tenure of
Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau.
* 1992, after a reign lasting nearly 30 years, Johnny Carson hosted
NBC's "Tonight Show" for the last time.
* 2001, Ford Motor Co. said it planned to spend more than $2 billion
to replace up to 13 million Firestone tires on its vehicles because
of safety concerns.
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