120 years ago on this date in 1893, Thomas Edison completed the construction of the world's first motion picture studio at the Edison Laboratories in West Orange, NJ.

Also on this date, 70 years ago in 1943 the traitor Vidkun Quisling became prime minister of Norway; he was arrested and shot at the end of WWII; also on this day, one of America's most highly decorated military units of World War II, the 442d Regimental Combat Team, made up almost entirely of Japanese-Americans, was authorized.

10 years ago on this date in 2003, the space shuttle Columbia broke up during its re-entry trajectory as it passed over East Texas. The seven astronauts aboard were lost.