1995 Dollar equals 88.41 yen (record)
1995 Mexican peso worth 7.55 pesos to a dollar (record)
1995 Dollar worth 1.5330 Dutch guilder (record)
1995 Russian ruble drops to 3,947 per dollar (record)
1994 Russian ruble decreases to 3,926 rubles per dollar
1994 Value of Russian ruble decreases, 3081 rubles per dollar
1992 U.S. dollar valued at 156.50 guilder (record)
1992 John Myhers, director/actor (Billion Dollar Hobo), dies at 70
1979 Susan B. Anthony dollar is issued, 1st U.S. coin to honor a woman
1978 Susan B. Anthony dollar, 1st U.S. coin to honor a woman, issued
1978 Congress approves Susan B. Anthony Dollar
1975 Annette Kellerman, swimmer (Million Dollar Mermaid), dies at 87
1973 Congress authorizes bi-centennial quarter, half-dollar and dollar coin
1973 U.S. dollar devalues 10 percent
1971 Eisenhower dollar put into circulation
1971 Bebe Daniels, actress (Silver Dollar, My Past), dies at 70
1971 Philadelphia mint's 1st trial strike of Eisenhower dollar
1970 Congress authorizes Eisenhower dollar coin
1967 Henry Morgenthau, U.S. minster of Finance (devaluate dollar), dies at 74
1966 Stacy Lattisaw, Washington D.C., disco singer, Million Dollar Baby
1963 Congress authorizes Kennedy half dollar
1958 New York Yankees sign million dollar plus deal to show 140 games on WPIX TV
1957 "Dollar A Second," last airs on NBC-TV
1946 "Billion Dollar Baby" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 219 performances
1945 "Billion Dollar Baby" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 219 performances
1945 Gould/Comden/Green's "Billion Dollar Baby," premieres in New York City
1935 Canada's 1st silver dollar is circulated
1935 Royal Proclamation sets design of Canada's new Jubilee Silver Dollar
1934 Franklin D. Roosevelt devalus dollar in relation to gold at $35 per ounce
1933 Johnny Dollar, singer
1921 Jack Dempsey KOs George S Carpentier in 4 for heavyweight boxing title 1st million dollar gate ($1.7m) boxing match (Dempsey KOs Carpentier)
1919 Jesse White, Buf, New York, actor, Bedtime for Bonzo, Million Dollar Mermaid
1912 Sam[uel E] van Beem, actor (Dollar Princess), dies at 62
1910 Canada authorizes issuing of silver dollar coins
1909 Wright Brothers forms million dollar corp to manufacture airplanes
1907 William Dollar, St. Louis, ballet dancer/choreographer
1899 Congress authorizes Lafayette silver dollar
1888 Annette Kellerman, Sydney Australia, swimmer, Million Dollar Mermaid
1878 U.S. Congress accept decrease in dollar circulation
1878 Silver dollar became U.S. legal tender
1873 Leopold Fall, Austria, operetta composer, Dollar Princess
1867 Irving Fisher, U.S. economist, compensating dollar
1792 U.S. authorizes $10 Eagle, $5 half-Eagle and 2.50 quarter-Eagle gold coins and silver dollar, dollar, quarter, dime and half-dime
1786 Congress adopts silver dollar and decimal system of money
1785 Congress resolves U.S. currency named "dollar" and adopts decimal coinage
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