1192 - Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Taishōgun, the first ruling shogun in the history of Japan and de facto ruler
1862 - Federal troops occupy Helena, Arkansas
1940 - Frederick McKinley Jones receives a patent for an air conditioning unit for trucks, helping to change long-haul carriage of food and blood
1979 - “Disco Demolition Night” at Comiskey Park: fans go wild destroying disco records and cause the White Sox to forfeit the second game of a doubleheader to the Detroit Tigers
2018 - World's longest fingernails are cut off; Indian man Shridhar Chillal's left-hand nails measured a combined total of 909.6 cm (358.1 inches) after growing for 66 years

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