Today, the 252 day of the year is hot hot hot, we can hope for nice weather for the next 113 days.
1492 - Columbus's fleet set sail west
1543 - Mary Stuart . nine months old, becomes the infant Queen of Scotland
1776 - The Second Continental Congress changed the name of the nation to the United States of America, from the United Colonies.
1791 - The capital of the United States of America, Washington D.C. is named after George Washington
1836 - Abrahan Lincoln received his license to practice law.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=wKMN3wlEc_A
1839 - John Herschel takes the first glass plate photograph.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=focR7lMB1V4
1893 - President Grover Cleveland's wife Frances gives birth to a daughter, Esther. She becomes ecame the first president's child to be born in the White House
1908 - Orville Wright makes a one-hour airplane flight at Fort Myer, VA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=R7EPP2L1L0Q
1942 - Japanese planes drop incendiary bombs on Oregon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Zdt8g57FQ38
1945 - First bug discovered in Computer Software Program when operators at the Harvard Faculty at the Computation Laboratory traced an error in the Mark II Computer to a moth trapped in a relay, coining the term bug. This bug was carefully removed and taped to the log book September 9th 1945.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=lQS0hDqpVLE
1950 - The first use of TV laugh track-Hank McCune
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Mmxa0o3vqSo
1965 - The Rolling Stones I Can't Get No Satisfaction hit number one on the U.K.charts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=RrWm8HiWQNg
1964 - The Kinks third single 'You Really Got Me', was at No.1 on the UK singles chart. Future Led Zeppelin founder and guitarist Jimmy Page played tambourine on the track.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=-2GmzyeeXnQ
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1964 - Rod Stewart recorded his first single, a version of Willie Dixon's 'Good Morning Little School Girl.' Future Led Zeppelin bass player John Paul Jones played on the session.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=rAADWtAu41w
1965 - US newspaper The Hollywood Reporter ran the following advertisement; “Madness folk & roll musicians, singers wanted for acting roles in new TV show. Parts for 4 insane boys.” The Monkees were born.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=63nhSFFFfJ4
1971 - John Lennon releases "Imagine" album And sings a song for Paul.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=bu9GMFxvWiE
1972 - Jim Croce started a five-week run at No.1 on the album chart with “You Don”t Mess Around With Jim.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=VJHlCKWduy4
1982 - Princess Grace of Monaco dies from injuries from a car accident
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=-1HSPJZqg9A
1995 - "Broadway Limited" last train ride (began in 1902)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=GeBbJu-Z2wk
1999 - T he Sega Dreamcast game system went on sale.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=V8XVA0qrHWg
2008 - The iTunes Music Store reached 100 million applications downloaded.
2009 - iTunes Music Store reached 1.8 billion applications downloaded.
2013 - A 1,400 year old treasure, called 'the Ophel Treasure' is discovered near the foot of Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Kn-dcRanAQc