TODAY IN HISTORY

1933

The German Reichstag adopted the Enabling Act, which effectively granted Hitler dictatorial powers.

1942

The first Japanese Americans evacuated by the U.S. Army during World War II arrived at the internment camp in Manzanar.

1956

Pakistan became an Islamic republic.

1983

Dr. Barney Clark, recipient of a Jarvik permanent artificial heart, died at the University of Utah Medical Center after 112days with the device.

1998

“Titanic” tied an Academy Awards record by winning 11 Oscars.