Today in history

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July 16

1935 - 82 years ago

The world's first parking meter was installed in Oklahoma City.  It was back then known as Park-O-Meter No. 1 and was built by Carl. C. Magee

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1945 - 72 years ago

The first Atom bomb was successfully tested.  This happened in Alamogordo, New Mexico.

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1969 - 48 years ago

Apollo II was launched from Earth and entered a lunar orbit on July 19.

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1979 - 38 years ago

Jeffrey MacDonald (an army doctor) stood trial for stabbing his wife and their two daughters to death.  He  will only be eligible to apply for parole in 2020 at the age of 76.

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1995 - 22 years ago

Amazon officially opened it's online web store for business as a bookseller.

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1999 - 18 years ago

John F. Kennedy Junior, his wife and her sister was killed in a plane crash after their plane crashed into the Atlantic ocean near Massachusetts.

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2017 - Today

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You did quite a bit of research. i love it. does anyone know if that army doctor is still alive..... thanks for this post

Yes, he is still alive according to what I could find.
Thank you for reading and for resteeming!

very good post.

Very interesting post, but is this now for 16 June or today 16 July?

Thank you for showing that to me. I corrected it.
Supposed to be July 16

O no problem - I am sometimes loosing my brain so I just though goodness am I now in the wrong month hahaha

This is far fetched information. I nearly experience Apollo 11.

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