- 1901] Patent no longer pending: Gillette patents the first disposable razor...
- 1927] Debuted on this date: Ford rolls out their Model A, the successor to the Model T. It sold for $385...1969] Boeing shows off its 747 jumbo jet for the media...
- 1956] Next stop Boston: San Francisco University's Bill Russell stars as the USA picks up a gold medal in basketball with an 89-55 trouncing of Russia at the Melbourne (Australia) Olympics (and we all know where he will star next)...
- 1961] I'm your leader: Fidel Castro declares himself a Marxist-Leninist who will lead Cuba to Communism. He will also lead them to ruin...
- 1967] "Happy Trails": New York City's Cardinal, Francis Spellman dies from natural causes at 78...
- 1982] The beat goes on: Retired dentist Barney Clark receives the first artificial heart. Clark will live for 112 days...
- 1992] Musical call letters: WQEW replaces WQXR on 1560 in New York. WQEW adapts a nostalgia music WNEW-AM type format that won't be successful...
- 1994] Guilty as charged: "Hollywood Madam" Heidi Fleiss is convicted in Los Angeles on 3 counts of "pandering". Charlie Sheen loses Heidi's phone number...
- 1998] It's only money: Microsoft Corp. chairman Bill Gates donates $100 million to immunize children in developing countries, something that Gates continues to do...
- 2001] Chapter 11: Enron Corp. files for chapter 11 after Dynergy walks away from a $8.4 billion buyout. It's the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history...
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