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On this date in 1873, the first cable car in San Francisco began operating. Here are some things you may not have known about the Bay Area icon. San Francisco’s first cable car system ran along Clay Street from Kearny Street to Leavenworth Street. One of the main reasons for building the system was to improve on the horse-drawn system […]

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With the song “Video Killed the Radio Star” by The Buggles, MTV went on the air for the first time 35 years ago today. Here are some things you may not have known about MTV. MTV billed itself as the first 24-hour music channel, however it was not the first to experiment with music videos. In 1970, a show called “The Now […]

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On this date in 1958, President Dwight Eisenhower signed the National Space and Aeronautics Act, which authorized the formation of NASA. Here are a few technologies that you may not have known were created or developed for the American space program. Grooved pavement was developed to increase runway safety in the rain. The technology has made its way to highways […]

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On this date in 1932, U.S. President Herbert Hoover ordered the army to forcibly evict a group of veterans which had gathered in Washington, D.C. Here are some things you may not have known about the Bonus Army. In 1924, The U.S. Congress overrode a veto by President Woodrow Wilson to allow World War I veterans bonuses for service, up […]

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On this week’s election special we look at the history of the Democratic and Republican presidential nominating conventions. The Democrats have convened this week in Philadelphia and picked Hillary Clinton as their nominee for November’s presidential election. The Republican party met last week in Cleveland to nominate Donald Trump as its standard bearer. The first nominating convention was held in […]

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On this date in 1887, a book called “Dr. Esperanto’s International Language” was published for the first time. Here are some things you may not have known about the language that came to be known as Esperanto. It is known as a contracted international auxiliary language, meaning it was created and didn’t develop naturally. A Polish eye doctor named L.L. […]

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On this date in 1978, Louise Brown, the first child conceived through in vitro fertilization or IVF, was born. Here are some things you may not have known about what were known as “test-tube babies.” The first thing to know is that most in vitro pregnancies begin not in a test tube, but in a petri dish. An egg is […]

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On this date in 1934, gangster John Dillinger was killed in a shootout with law enforcement outside a Chicago theater. Here are some things you may not have known about “Public Enemy No. 1.” John Dillinger was born in 1903 in Indianapolis, Indiana. His father was a grocer, who was reportedly quite stern with his children. As a teenager, Dillinger […]

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On this date in 1899, writer Ernest Hemingway was born. Here are some things you may not have known about him. He was born in a suburb of Chicago. His father was a doctor and his mother was a musician. Hemingway had a conflicted relationship with his mother. A later biographer would say that it was because they were temperamentally […]

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On this date in 1940, California opened its first freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway. Here are some things you may not have known about freeways. Around the world, controlled-access highways are known by many names, including freeways, motorways, expressways, autobahn and autostrada. What they have in common is traffic flow unhindered by intersections, traffic signals or driveways. They are accessed […]

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