On this day in 1902, "Electric Theatre", the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opened in Los Angeles, California.
On this day in 1972, actor Charlie Chaplin returned to the United States for the first time since being labeled a communist during the Red Scare in the early 1950s.
On this day in 1975, construction of the CN Tower was completed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It reaches 553.33 meters (1,815.4 ft) in height, becoming the world's tallest free-standing structure at the time.
On this day in 1980, US President Jimmy Carter signed the Crude Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act in an effort to help the US economy rebound.
And on this day in 2004, Islamist terrorists involved in the March Madrid attacks attempted to bomb the Spanish high-speed train AVE near Madrid; their attack was thwarted.