To begin what proved to become one of the world?s longest construction projects, workers lay the foundation stone of Germany?s Cologne Cathedral, built to house the relics of the Three Wise Men. The job was declared completed in 1880?632 years later - 1248
President Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act, providing, for the first time ever, guaranteed income for retirees and creating a system of unemployment benefits - 1935
Striking miners at Tracy City, Tenn., capture their mines and free 300 state convict strikebreakers. The convicts had been "leased" to mineowners by officials in an effort to make prisons self-supporting and make a few bucks for the state. The practice started in 1866 and lasted for 30 years - 1892