In the 1950s, cars were often equipped with curb feelers. They acted as "whiskers" to alert drivers when they are at the right distance from the curb while parking to avoid damaging the wheels or hubcaps. Curb feelers are still used today on some hot rods when a 1950s look is wanted.
Soviet hard-liners announced on this day in 1991, President Mikhail Gorbachev had been removed from power. Gorbachev returned to power two days later.
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev turned 86 in March.
On this day in 1934, Adolf Hitler was approved for sole executive power in Germany as Fuehrer.
Francis Gary Powers (center), an American U-2 pilot, was convicted of espionage in Moscow on this day in 1960.
Inventor and television pioneer, Philo Farnsworth made many contributions that were crucial to the early development of all- electronic television. He was also the first person to demonstrate such a system to the public.
Philo Taylor Farnsworth (August 19, 1906 – March 11, 1971)