On this day in 1974, products marked with barcodes were sold for the first time at a supermarket in Troy, Ohio. 

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On this day in 1989, Tim Burton’s Batman made its theatrical debut.

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On this day in 1847, according to culinary legend, American sailor Hanson Gregory invented the ring-shaped doughnut. 

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On this day in 1913, Georgia “Tiny” Broadwick became the first woman to skydive from an airplane.

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Please enjoy these June 20th flashbacks from the TDIHC vault, and we will see you tomorrow for a brand new episode!

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On this day in 1910, Father's Day was celebrated for the first time in Spokane, Washington.

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On this day in 1961, Russian ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defected from the Soviet Union at an airport in Paris. 

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On this day in 1992, during a campaign stop at a New Jersey elementary school, Vice President Dan Quayle misspelled the word “potato.”

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On this day in 1954, the United States conducted the first in a series of nationwide civil defense tests known as Operation Alert.

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On this day in 1886, the body of Bavarian king Ludwig II was found floating in Lake Starnberg, just south of Munich. 

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