Today In History

Tue., April 20, 1999

In 1812: The fourth vice president of the United States, George Clinton, died in Washington at age 73, the first vice president to die while in office.

In 1902: Scientists Marie and Pierre Curie isolated the radioactive element radium.

In 1940: RCA publicly demonstrated its new and powerful electron microscope.

In 1949: The Mayo Clinic announced it had succeeded in synthesizing a hormone found to be useful in treating rheumatoid arthritis; the substance

In 1968: Pierre Elliott Trudeau was sworn in as prime minister of Canada.

In 1971: The Supreme Court upheld the use of busing to achieve racial desegregation in schools.

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