- 1797] Yeah but will it rust?: The U.S. Navy frigate Constitution, a.k.a. Old Ironsides, is launched in Boston Harbor...
- 1879] Lighting the way: Thomas Edison invents a workable electric light at his laboratory in Menlo Park (NJ)...
- 1959] Crazy Guggenheim: The Guggenheim Museum, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright opens to the public...
- 1967] Protest march: Over 100,000 Vietnam War protesters march on Washington...
- 1975] Waving it fair: Carlton Fisk wins Game 6 of the World Series between the Red Sox and Reds with his dramatic homerun and cool body language...
- 1986] Born on this date: Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway who disappears in Aruba in May of 2005 while on vacation. Although her body is never found, she is declared dead...
- 1988] Guilty as charged: A federal grand jury in New York indicts former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos and his wife Imelda on charges of fraud, racketeering and owning too many shoes...
- 1992] Released on this date: Madonna's erotic photo book "Sex" is released with 500,000 copies sold in the first run. A-Rod buys 499,999 copies...
- 1998] Getting out the broom: Following a 4-game sweep of San Diego in the World Series, the Yankees set a major league record of 125 wins for a regular and post-season combined...
- 2003] Plugged: Invoking a hastily-passed law, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush orders a feeding tube reinserted into Terri Schiavo, the brain-damaged woman at the center of a bitter right-to-die battle...
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