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First televised Major League baseball game
This day in History: 1939 - The first televised Major League baseball game is broadcast on station W2XBS, the station that was to become...
First race is held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway
This day in History: 1909 - The first race is held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, now the home of the world’s most famous motor...
Skeleton of Tyrannosaurus rex discovered
This day in History: 1990 - Fossil hunter Susan Hendrickson discovers three huge bones jutting out of a cliff near Faith, South Dakota....
Marilyn Monroe is found dead
This Day in History: 1962 - Marilyn Monroe is found dead in her home in Los Angeles. She was discovered lying nude on her bed, face down,...
NASA created
This day in History: 1958 - U.S. Congress passes legislation establishing the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), a...
Jessica Lynch gets hero's welcome
This Day in History: 2003 - U.S. Army Private Jessica Lynch, a prisoner-of-war who was rescued from an Iraqi hospital, receives a hero’s...
Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor
This day in History: 1885 - The dismantled Statue of Liberty, a gift of friendship from the people of France to the people of America,...
Benjamin Franklin flies kite during thunderstorm
This day in History: 1752 - Benjamin Franklin flies a kite during a thunderstorm and collects ambient electrical charge in a Leyden jar,...
Duke of Windsor weds American divorcee
This day in History: 1936 - In France, the duke of Windsor–formerly King Edward VIII of Great Britain and Northern Ireland–marries Wallis...
Ship carrying 937 Jewish refugees, fleeing Nazi Germany, is turned away in Cuba
This day in History: 1939 - A boat carrying 937 Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi persecution is turned away from Havana, Cuba, on this day in...
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