Dr. Earl Miller of the Picower Institute of Learning and Memory at M.I.T. talks about how humans are incapable of actual multi-tasking.

It was on this date in 1863 that President Abraham Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg Address. And it was on this date in 1959 that Rocky & His Friends debuted on ABC Television.

It was on this date in 1872 that Susan B. Anthony was arrested for voting in the 1872 Presidential Election. It was illegal for women to vote at that time. It would take almost another 50 years for women to get the right to vote in the U.S. And it was on this date in 1963 that the push-button telephone was introduced.

It was on this date in 1862 that the Fredericksburg Campaign began in the U.S. Civil War. And it was on this date in 1968 that NBC-TV cut off the last 65 seconds of a Raiders-Jets NFL game to air the television film Heidi. The event caused many viewers to miss the Raiders' comeback and complaints poured into NBC.

It was on this date in 1959 that The Sound of Music opened up on Broadway. And it was on this date in 1966 that The Temptations' Greatest Hits album was released. It ended up being the R&B/Soul Billboard Album of the Year for 1966

It was on this date in 1864 that Union General William Tecumseh Sherman started his march to the sea during the U.S. Civil War. And it was on this date in 1935 that the Marx Brothers' A Night at the Opera premiered.

It was on this date in 1936 that the San Fransisco-Oakland Bay bridge opened. It technically is a series of bridges spanning San Francisco Bay, linking San Francisco and Oakland, California. And it was on this date in 1954 that Ellis Island shut its doors after processing more than 12 million immigrants to The United States.

It was on this date in 1918 that the Armistice was signed by the Allies and Germany, bringing an end to World War I. And it was on this date in 1940 that Willis unveiled its general-purpose vehicle, later known as a Jeep.

It was on this date in 1885 that the first motorcycle was shown to the public. Gottlieb Daimler was the man who built it. And it was on this date in 1940 when Walt Disney became an informant for the Los Angeles office of the FBI.

It was on this date in 1907 that the largest diamond ever unearthed, the Cullinan Diamond was given to King Edward VII. Parts of the diamond ended up on the crown jewels. And it was on this date in 1918 that Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany abdicated his throne.