It was on this date in 1807, Robert Fulton's steamboat Clermont became the first successful steamboat put into commercial use. And on this date in 1859, the first air mail trip took off.

On this date in 1959, the American Football League was born. And 0n this date in 1966, Cleveland Municipal Stadium put on its first rock show featuring four lads from Liverpool.

On this date in 1868, a massive earthquake hit Peru with a magnitude of 9.0 on the Richter scale. And on this date in 2015, the United States government returned a stolen Picasso painting to France.

On this date in 1833, one of America's major cities was incorperated with a population of only 350. And on this date in 1877, Thomas Edison invented a new way to record sound.

It was on this date in 1914, John Randolph Bray patented a new technique for film animation. And on this date in 1945, Japan agreed to surrender thus ending World War II.

On this date in 1776, that the Declaration of Independence finally reached the shores of Great Britain. And on this date in 1787, the composition "A Little Night Music" was finished by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

It was on this date in 1782, George Washington made the Badge of Military Merit - the decoration for American soldiers that would later become the Purple Heart. And on this date in 1912, the newly-created Progressive "Bull Moose" party nominated Theodore Roosevelt for president.

It was on this date in 1945 that an American B-29 bomber aircraft dropped the world's first atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Approximately 80,000 people were killed as a direct result of the blast itself.

It was on this date in 1861, that President Abraham Lincoln signed the first American income tax into law. And on this date in 1914, the world's first electric traffic signal went into service in Cleveland.

It was on this date in 1753 that George Washington achieved the rank of Master Mason in the Freemasons. Also on this date in 1909, a Major League Baseball umpire started a riot.