President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a 48-hour working week order to increase production during World War II.
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Five Pharaoh sculptures were discovered in the temple of Luxor.
A US submarine collided with a Japanese high-school fishing training ship off the coast of Hawaii.
Milton S. Hershey founded Hershey's Chocolate Company in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, US.
Halley's Comet was last seen from Earth. It only orbits the Earth once every 75 to 76 years.
President Ulysses S. authorized the establishment of the United States National Weather Service (NWS).