1899 - Apolinario Mabini is appointed Prime Minister to lead the Mabini Cabinet of the First Philippine Republic (which will be inaugurated on January 23, 1899).
1839 - The first photographic image of the moon is taken by Frenchman Louis Daguerre.
1888 - The (paper) drinking straw is patented by Marvin Stone; the early drinking straws were made of hollow, dry grass that imparted the taste of grass to the beverage.
1980 - United States President Jimmy Carter ends the Cold War detente when he asks the Senate to defer action on Strategic Arms Limitation Talks-II treaty following the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan.
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