On this day in 1944, Smokey Bear was chosen as the mascot of a new forest fire prevention campaign in the United States.

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On this day in 1963, a masked gang committed the most notorious train robbery in British history, when they stole £2.6 million from a Traveling Post Office. 

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On this day in 1953, with the Korean War winding down, both sides of the conflict began to exchange their remaining prisoners.

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On this day in 1821, The Saturday Evening Post published its inaugural issue.

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On this day in 1977, electronics retailer RadioShack unveiled the TRS-80, one of the first personal computers marketed to the average consumer.

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On this day in 1790, federal marshals set out on horseback to begin the first official count of the American people.

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On this day in 1981, MTV went on the air for the first time at 12:01 AM. 

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On this day in 1588, the Spanish Armada was defeated by an English naval force off the coast of Gravelines, France.

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On this day in 1933, a Western Union operator named Lucille Lipps delivered the company’s first singing telegram.

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On this day in 1940, cartoon icon Bugs Bunny appeared for the first time in the Warner Bros. animated short “A Wild Hare.”

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