- 1884] Giving us liberty: The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island in New York harbor...
- 1921] Play ball, on Radio: The first play-by-play broadcast of a baseball game is done by Harold Arlin on KDKA Pittsburgh. Arlin describes the action between the hometown Pirates and visiting Philadelphia Phillies...
- 1924] Comic strip debut: "Little Orphan Annie", drawn by Harold Gray makes its debut in newspapers...
- 1962] Hollywood shocker: The body of 36-year old blonde bombshell Marilyn Monroe is discovered in her Los Angeles home. Death is ruled a probable suicide from an overdose of sleeping pills. To this day a controversy remains as to the real reasons for her death...
- 1963] Nuclear treaty: The U.S., Britain and the Soviet Union sign a treaty banning nuclear tests in the atmosphere, outer space and underwater. Now we need a treaty for those who still say, "nucular"...
- 1964] Wedding Bells: Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft exchange vows followed by a lifetime of laughs until Bancroft's death...
- 1969] Pictures of Martians: The U.S. space probe Mariner 7 flew by Mars, sending back photos (of green people waving?) and scientific data...
- 1981] Ronnie means business: The federal government begins firing air traffic controllers who walked out on strike...
- 1994] Twinkle, twinkle little Starr: A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals chooses Kenneth Starr to take over the Whitewater investigation from the immortal Robert Fiske...
- 2006] Duped by a dope: Floyd Landis is fired by his team and the Tour de France no longer considers him its champion after his second doping sample tests positive. Landis maintained that it was his Wheaties that must have been laced by Lance Armstrong...
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