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A laugh track is used in a TV show for the first time - September 9th, 1950
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Carnation processes its first cans of evaporated milk - September 6th, 1899
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AIDS activists wrap a giant condom over Senator Jesse Helms’ house - September 5th, 1991
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Barney Flaherty becomes America's first paperboy - September 4th, 1833
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Flashback episode - September 3rd
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Flashback episode - September 2nd
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The Moscow-Washington hotline is established - August 30th, 1963
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British women join the war effort - August 29th, 1914
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The "Tom Thumb" locomotive races a horse-drawn railroad car - August 28th, 1830
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"The Guinness Book of Records” is published - August 27th, 1955
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A Major League baseball game is televised for the first time - August 26th, 1939
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The state of Franklin declares independence - August 23rd, 1784
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Walt Disney's "The Skeleton Dance" premieres in theaters - August 22nd, 1929
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An F5 tornado strikes Rochester, Minnesota - August 21st, 1883
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NASA launches the Voyager 2 spacecraft - August 20th, 1977
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Benjamin Banneker writes to Thomas Jefferson in support of abolition - August 19th, 1791
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Flashback episode - August 16th
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Tivoli Gardens opens in Copenhagen, Denmark - August 15th, 1843
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Ethel Lois Payne is born - August 14th, 1911
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German acrobat Otto Witte is allegedly crowned King of Albania - August 13th, 1913
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Joseph Lister performs the first antiseptic surgery - August 12th, 1865
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Henry David Thoreau's "Walden" is published - August 9th, 1854
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Brian Hyland’s “Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini” tops the Billboard Hot 100 - August 8th, 1960
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Alice Ramsey becomes the first woman to drive across the United States - August 7th, 1909
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William Kemmler is executed by electric chair - August 6th, 1890
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Ronald Reagan fires more than 11,000 air traffic controllers - August 5th, 1981
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Jackie Joyner-Kersee wins her second gold medal in the heptathlon - August 2nd, 1992
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Vigdís Finnbogadóttir becomes president of Iceland - August 1st, 1980
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MGM’s Leo the Lion roars for the first time - July 31st, 1928
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The USS Indianapolis is torpedoed by a Japanese submarine - July 30th, 1945
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Flashback episode - July 29th
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Grasshoppers devastate Midwestern crops - July 26th, 1931
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Bob Dylan goes electric at the Newport Folk Festival - July 25th, 1965
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The first all-star baseball team plays the Addie Joss Benefit Game - July 24th, 1911
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Comet Hale-Bopp is discovered - July 23rd, 1995
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The Duke of Wellington defeats “40,000 Frenchmen in 40 minutes” - July 22nd, 1812
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The Rosetta Stone is found in Egypt - July 19th, 1799
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Nadia Comăneci scores a perfect 10 at the Olympic Games - July 18th, 1976
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Douglas “Wrong Way” Corrigan flies across the Atlantic - July 17th, 1938
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The world’s first parking meter is installed in Oklahoma City - July 16th, 1935
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The platypus makes its U.S. debut - July 15th, 1922
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"Family Feud" premieres on ABC - July 12th, 1976
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The Skylab space station crashes over Australia - July 11th, 1979
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Nils Bohlin patents the three-point seatbelt - July 10th, 1962
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A statue of King George III is pulled down in New York City - July 9th, 1776
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Ed Berners allegedly invents the ice cream sundae - July 8th, 1881
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Flashback episode - July 5th
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Flashback episode - July 4th
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The Great Auk goes extinct - July 3rd, 1844
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"Lawnchair Larry" takes flight in a homemade airship - July 2nd, 1982
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The first Sony Walkman goes on sale - July 1st, 1979
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Flashback episode - June 28th
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The FBI foils Operation Pastorius - June 27th, 1942
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Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" is published - June 26th, 1948
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Rose O’Neill is born - June 25th, 1874
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Mark Twain patents a self-pasting scrapbook - June 24th, 1873
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Columbia Records introduces long-playing discs - June 21st, 1948
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"The Huckleberry Hound Show" wins an Emmy - June 20th, 1960
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Eratosthenes calculates the Earth's circumference using a stick - June 19th, 240 BC
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Susan B. Anthony is put on trial for voting - June 18th, 1873
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Louis IX burns every copy of the Talmud in France - June 17th, 1242
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The Continental Congress approves the first national flag of the United States - June 14th, 1777
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Charles Osborne contracts the longest case of hiccups on record - June 13th, 1922
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Karl Elsener patents the Swiss Army knife - June 12th, 1897
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The first full-size hovercraft is launched - June 11th, 1959
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Flashback episode - June 10th
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Chief Seattle dies - June 7th, 1866
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Chicago's first elevated train line begins operation - June 6th, 1892
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Ruth Benedict is born - June 5th, 1887
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The first shopping carts are introduced - June 4th, 1937
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"Casey at the Bat" is published - June 3rd, 1888
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London's Big Ben rings out for the first time - May 31st, 1859
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Christopher Marlowe is killed in a tavern brawl - May 30th, 1593
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The premiere of Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring" sparks a near riot in Paris - May 29th, 1913
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16 women are fired for dancing the Turkey Trot - May 28th, 1912
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Lonnie Johnson patents the Super Soaker - May 27th, 1986
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Flashback episode - May 24th
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Sergeant William Carney is awarded the Medal of Honor - May 23rd, 1900
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Abraham Ortelius publishes the first world atlas - May 22nd, 1570
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Leopold and Loeb murder Bobby Franks - May 21st, 1924
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President Lincoln signs the Homestead Act - May 20th, 1862
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The first Tim Hortons coffee and donut shop opens - May 17th, 1964
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Junko Tabei becomes the first woman to summit Mount Everest - May 16th, 1975
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Gasoline rationing begins in the United States - May 15th, 1942
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A white mob attacks a group of Freedom Riders - May 14th, 1961
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The Socialist Party of America nominates a convict for president - May 13th, 1920
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The U.S. Supreme Court rules that tomatoes are vegetables - May 10th, 1893
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The “Join, or Die” political cartoon is published - May 9th, 1754
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The Tollund Man is discovered in Denmark - May 8th, 1950
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Keith Richards writes "Satisfaction" in his sleep - May 7th, 1965
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Roger Bannister breaks the four-minute mile - May 6th, 1954
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California enacts the Alien Land Law - May 3rd, 1913
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The "Battle of Alcatraz" begins - May 2nd, 1946
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The world's first postage stamp is issued - May 1st, 1840
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The first toy commercial airs on TV - April 30th, 1952
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The Peace rose is introduced in the United States - April 29th, 1945
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Organ music is played at a baseball stadium for the first time - April 26th, 1941
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New York becomes the first state to require license plates on cars - April 25th, 1901
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Jane Fonda’s first workout video is released - April 24th, 1982
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William Lewis Moore is murdered in Alabama - April 23rd, 1963
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