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1943 Sliced bread banned in the U.S. On this day in 1943, the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Claude R. Wickard temporarily declared a ban on the sale of sliced bread as part of the wartime effort. However, the order faced intense backlash from consumers and was consequently struck down by the government by early March. Read today's edition of Today in History > > © John/stock.adobe.com

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Cary Grant British-born American actor bornJanuary 18, 1904Bristol, EnglanddiedNovember 29, 1986 (aged 82)Davenport, Iowa© 1959 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. 1960 Mark Rylance British actor and director 1955 Kevin Costner American actor and director 1952 Veerappan Indian criminal 1913 Danny Kaye American actor 1904 Cary Grant British-born American actor See All Biographies On This Day

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2023 Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand's youngest prime minister in more than 150 years, announced that she would be resigning from that role.© Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images 2011 American diplomat and administrator R. Sargent Shriver, who served as the first director (1961–66) of the U.S. Peace Corps, died at age 95.Rowland Scherman—Peace Corps/John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston 2002 The civil war in Sierra Leone was officially declared over; more than 50,000 people are estimated to have died in the fighting and some 2,000,000 were displaced.Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. 1986 Martin Luther King, Jr., Day was first celebrated as a national holiday in the United States. Was Martin Luther King, Jr., a Republican or a Democrat?Julian Wasser 1983 The International Olympic Committee officially reinstated the gold medals of American athlete Jim Thorpe, who had won the decathlon and the pentathlon at the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm but was later deprived of his medals over allegations that he was not an amateur athlete. Discover some of the more unusual Olympic sportsHarris & Ewing, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (reproduction no. LC-DIG-hec-13257) 1958 Willie O'Ree became the first Black athlete to play in a National Hockey League game when he debuted with the Boston Bruins against the Montreal Canadiens. Who are the best hockey players of all time?© Bill Wippert—National Hockey League/ Getty Images 1944 Australian politician Paul Keating, who was leader of the Australian Labor Party and prime minister of Australia from 1991 to 1996, was born in Sydney. Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about Australia© Rick Rycroft—AP/REX/Shutterstock.com 1912 British explorer Robert Falcon Scott and four members of his expedition reached the South Pole, only to discover that Roald Amundsen had preceded them by a month; Scott and his men subsequently died trying to return to their base camp. Test your knowledge of human explorationLibrary of Congress, Washington, D.C. 1911 The first aircraft landing on a ship's flight deck was performed by American pilot Eugene Ely on the battleship Pennsylvania in San Francisco Bay. Take our quiz about early aviation 1882 A.A. Milne—who originated the immensely popular stories of Christopher Robin and his toy bear, Winnie-the-Pooh—was born in London.Hulton Archive/Getty Images 1871 The German Empire was founded by Otto von Bismarck in the aftermath of three successful wars by the state of Prussia.© Everett Historical/Shutterstock.com 1782 Orator and politician Daniel Webster was born in New Hampshire. Take our quiz about the history of American politicsNational Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mrs. Gerard B. Lambert (NPG.67.59) 1779 Physician, philologist, and thesaurus compiler Peter Mark Roget was born in London.The New York Public Library Digital Collections; The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs SIGN UP FOR History's Biggest Headlines Discover the fascinating events that shaped the world, straight from our editors. SIGN UP Thanks for signing up for Today in History. Your first newsletter will arrive soon! SIGN UP By clicking "Sign Up" you are agreeing to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.