In 1977, on his first full day in office, President Jimmy Carter pardoned almost all Vietnam War draft evaders, and more events that happened on this day in history.
1942: Pinball
In 1942, pinball machines were banned in New York City after a court ruled they were gambling devices that relied on chance rather than skill .In 1950, former State Department official Alger Hiss, accused of being part of a Communist spy ring, was found guilty in New York of lying to a grand jury. In 1954, the first atomic submarine, the USS Nautilus, was launched at Groton , Connecticut .
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