On this day in 1961, the original Six Flags theme park had its soft opening in Arlington, Texas.

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On this day in 1971, NASA astronauts drove a Lunar Roving Vehicle on the Moon for the first time.

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On this day in 1932, the pre-Code horror film “White Zombie” premiered at the Rivoli Theatre in New York City.

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On this day in 1949, the world’s first jet-powered airliner made its inaugural test flight.

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On this day in 1775, the U.S. postal system was established by the Second Continental Congress.

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On this day in 1956, the Italian ocean liner Andrea Doria and the Swedish ocean liner Stockholm collided off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts. 

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On this day in 1851, Great Britain’s wildly unpopular window tax was finally repealed after 156 years on the books.

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On this day in 356 BC, a mysterious anarchist named Herostratus set fire to the world-renowned Temple of Artemis.

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On this day in 1941, a group of badly burned airmen in the Royal Air Force established "The Guinea Pig Club."

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On this day in 1903, French bicycler Maurice Garin took first place at the inaugural Tour de France.

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