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Brandeis is nominated by President Woodrow Wilson to the Supreme Court; Brandeis becomes the court’s first Jewish member.1945: During World War II, Allied supplies begin reaching China over the newly reopened Burma Road.1956: Elvis Presley makes his first national TV appearance on "Stage Show," a CBS program hosted by Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey.1960: The National Football League awards franchises to Dallas and Minneapolis-St. bq2718 NY UNDERCOUNTED NURSING HOME CORONAVIRUS DEATHS BY AS MUCH AS 50%, STATE AG SAYSIt was already known that Cuomo's nursing homes directive, since reversed, had led to thousands of additional cases and deaths due to its increased danger to the elderly, but New York Attorney General Letitia James released a report Thursday that found enormous discrepancies in how many deaths were reported to her investigators versus those to Cuomo's Department of Health. bq2718 CLICK HERE FOR FULL CORONAVIRUS COVERAGEIn a study published just before the summit, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control warned of the high dangers of the new variants, like those initiating in Britain, Brazil and South Africa, and Andrea Ammon, head of the ECDC, said that "member states are also encouraged to accelerate vaccination of high-risk groups, and prepare the health care system for high demand. bq2718 More from OpinionGregg Jarrett: Pelosi seeks retaliation in Trump impeachment trial -- get ready for 'the sequel'Newt Gingrich: Biden says one thing, does the oppositeNile Gardiner: Biden wrong to evict Winston Churchill bust from Oval Office — signals weakening of US-UK tiesThe idea that somehow news got boring is only true, once you realize what CNN was obsessed with before: tweets, gossip, tantrums, tell-all books, and of course those attacks on them. bq2718