- 1781] (Tympani roll) "227 years ago today": Spanish settlers found the city of "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora La Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula" or Los Angeles to you gringos...
- 1888] Click me: George Eastman receives a patent for his roll-film camera and registers his trademark, Kodak. His prototype camera contains 100 exposures...
- 1894] Sam, you made the pants too long: 12,000 tailors strike against sweatshop working conditions...
- 1951] Coast-to-coast: In the 1st live coast-to-coast TV broadcast, President Harry S. Truman addresses the nation from the Japanese peace treaty conference in San Francisco...
- 1957] How many would you like?: Ford Motor Company starts selling its Edsel line...
- 1957] A black-eye for Arkansas: The National Guard is ordered by Governor Orval Faubus to keep 9 black students from entering Little Rock's Central High School...
- 1967] Brainwashed: Michigan Governor George Romney claims he was "brainwashed" by U.S. officials during a visit to Vietnam. This was widely believed to have derailed his campaign for the 1968 Republican presidential nomination. Forty years later, citizens of Massachusetts claim that Romney's son, Mitt, brainwashed them to vote for him...
- 1967] Curtains: "Gilligan's Island" airs for the final time on CBS-TV after a run of 98 episodes...1971] The "Lawrence Welk Show" runs live for the last time although syndication will keep it on the air until 1982 and into infinity...
- 1972] Rolling a 7: U.S. swimmer Mark Spitz wins a record 7th Olympic gold medal in the 400-meter relay in Munich...
- 2006] "Happy Trails": "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin, 44, dies after a stingray's barb pierces his chest...
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