1775 – American revolutionary Patrick Henry declared, “give me liberty, or give me death!”
1806 – Explorers Lewis and Clark, reached the Pacific coast, and began their return journey to the east.
1836 – The coin press was invented by Franklin Beale.
1839 – The first recorded printed use of “OK” [oll korrect] occurred in Boston’s Morning Post.
1840 – The first successful photo of the Moon was taken.
1857 – Elisha Otis installed the first modern passenger elevator in a public building. It was at the corner of Broome Street and Broadway in New York City.
1901 – Dame Nellie Melba, revealed the secret of her now famous Melba toast.
1903 – The Wright brothers obtained an airplane patent.
1912 – The Dixie Cup was invented.
1940 – “Truth or Consequences” was heard on radio for the first time.
1950 – “Beat the Clock” premiered on CBS-TV.
1957 – The U.S. Army sold the last of its homing pigeons.
1961 – Elvis Presley recorded “Can’t Help Falling in Love.”
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1965 – America’s first two-person space flight took off from Cape Kennedy with astronauts Virgil I. Grissom and John W. Young aboard. The craft was the Gemini 3.
1972 – Evel Knievel broke 93 bones after successfully jumping 35 cars.
1973 – The last airing of “Concentration” took place. The show had been on NBC for 15 years.
1973 – Yoko Ono was granted permission to live in the U.S. permanently.
1983 – Dr. Barney Clark died after 112 days with a permanent artificial heart.
1989 – A 1,000-foot diameter asteroid missed Earth by 500,000 miles.
1998 – The movie “Titanic” won 11 Oscars at the Academy Awards.
2011 – Elizabeth Taylor died, American-British actress, socialite and humanitarian (b. 1932)
Sources: wikipedia, onthisday.com
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