It Happened !

* The first U.S. Census is completed.
   There are four million people in the U.S. in 1970.
* The Nautilus, a nuclear powered submarine is the first
   submarine to cross the North Pole under water. (1958)
* Champagne is invented by Dom Perignon. (1693)
   I'll drink to that !
* Murderer John Hart is the first person to be
   executed in an electric chair (1890)
* The Atom Bomb is dropped on Hiroshima, Japan
    by the U.S. (1945)
* The "Order of the Purple Heart" is created
   by President George Washington. (1782)
* Animated cartoon Dizzy Dishes premieres
   with new star Betty Boop! (1930)
* President Richard M. Nixon becomes the first
   and only president to resign while in office. (1974)
* "Smile, You're on Candid Camera",
   Allen Funt's widely popular show debuts. (1948)
* US annexes Hawaii. (1898)
* Japan surrenders, ending World War II. (1945)
* Get a whiff of this.....the Whiffle Ball was patented
   on this day.  (1914)
* The Panama Canal is opened. (1914)
* Construction is started on the Berlin Wall. (1961)
* Indianapolis Speedway holds its first auto race. (1909)
* The Civil War is formally declared to be over by
   President Andrew Johnson. (1866)
* The first picture of Earth from the moon is
   taken by Lunar Orbiter 1.  (1966)
* Amelia Earhart completes her trans-continental
   Flight. (1932)
* U.S. Congress passes the 19th Amendment to the
   Constitution, granting women the right to vote. (1920)
* Senator Thurmond begins a 24 hour filibuster
   against the Civil Rights Bill.  (1957)
* Martin Luther King Jr. makes his
   "I Have a Dream" speech.  (1963)