Voyager 1 took the first photo of Earth and Moon in 1977, while the National Security Act united the US armed forces in 1947. The New York Times was founded in 1851, and the Fugitive Slave Act was passed in 1850. Sammy Sosa set a new MLB home run record in 1999, and the West Edmonton Mall parking lot became the world’s largest in 1981. The US Capitol building’s cornerstone was laid in 1793, and CBS television network debuted in 1927. PwC, the world’s largest accounting firm, was formed in 1997, and the first chiropractic adjustment was recorded in 1895. Greta Garbo, a famous actress, was born in 1905.
The first photograph was taken together with the Moon and the Earth. (1977) NASA’s Voyager 1 unmanned space probe took the photo while on a mission to study the Solar System and its boundaries. Voyager 1 continues its mission today and is still communicating with NASA scientists.
The armed forces of the United States were united. (1947) The National Security Act, signed on July 26, 1947 by US President Harry S. Truman, went into effect on this day, uniting the Air Force, Navy and Army into the US Armed Forces.
The New York Times has published its first edition. (1851) Initially called the New-York Daily Times, the newspaper was founded by Henry Jarvis Raymond, politician and journalist. It cost one cent a copy and was published six days a week, changing to seven days in 1861. Its name was changed to the New York Times in 1857.
The Fugitive Slave Act was passed, requiring the return of fugitive slaves to their owners. (1850) The controversial act was passed by the US Congress on this day. Any government official or law enforcement officer who did not return an escaped slave was subject to fines of $1,000 US dollars – quite a lot of money at the time.
Sammy Sosa set a new Major League Baseball (MLB) home run record. (1999) For the second time, Sosa hit his 60th home run of the season playing for the Chicago Cubs—he was the only player in MLB history to hit more than 60 in a season twice. He repeated it for the third time in 2001.
Canada has claimed the world’s largest parking lot. (1981) The Guinness Book of World Records verified that the West Edmonton Mall parking lot, which can hold 20,000 cars, is the largest in the world.
US President George Washington laid the cornerstone of the US Capitol building. (1793) The building, which covers about 4 acres (16,000 square meters) and has 540 rooms, took more than 100 years to complete.
The Columbia Phonograph Broadcasting System, now known as the CBS television network in the United States, debuted. (1927) Television network began with 16 radio stations. It began its television broadcasting in 1941.
The largest accounting firm in the world is born. (1997) Price Waterhouse merged with Coopers & Lybrand to form PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). The company has offices in 151 countries and employs more than 160,000 people.
The first chiropractic adjustment was recorded. (1895) The founder of chiropractic medicine, Daniel David Palmer, met a keeper named Harvey Lillard in Davenport, Iowa. Lillard had lost his hearing 17 years earlier and Palmer is said to have restored it to this day with a chiropractic adjustment.
Swedish actress Greta Garbo is born. (1905) Garbo was a noted silent film actress in Hollywood, California. Her first “talkie” film Anna Christie earned her an Oscar nomination. She is probably best known for her roles in two movies as the character Anna Karenina. She has become one of the most recognized movie stars in the world, yet she has only appeared in 27 films.
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