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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

@ghostgtr posted on Steemit about: today in history.

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