1792 – George Washington used the first presidential veto in US history. The bill introduced a new House apportionment plan to increase the number of seats for northern states.
1806 – the Spanish stopped the boycott of food supplies to Russian settlements in Alaska.
1818 – in Paris, Baron Karl de Drez demonstrated the first two-wheeled vehicle (the prototype of the modern bicycle).
1895 – Oscar Wilde lost a libel suit against the Marquis of Queensberry, who accused the writer of homosexuality.
1940 – carried out test flight of the first high-speed fighter I-200
1955 – Winston Churchill resigned as Prime Minister of Great Britain
1971 – “Rolling Stones” formed their own record company – Rolling Stone Records. On that day, the company’s trademark – the protruding tongue – became famous.
