It's My Birthday!

By teach314
  • President Benjamin Harrison was born.

    President Benjamin Harrison was born.

    Benjamin Harrison was the twenty-third president of the United States of America.
  • Professional Football is born!

    Professional Football is born!

    Seven men including Jim Thorpe met to organize a professional football league in Ohio. This led to the creation of the American Professional Football Conference (APFC), the forerunner to today's NFL.
  • Soviet Union publicly admits it tested a hydrogen bomb.

    Soviet Union publicly admits it tested a hydrogen bomb.

  • United States launches Voyager 2.

    United States launches Voyager 2.

    Voyager 2 was an unmanned spacecraft carrying a 12 inch copper phonograph record containing greetings in a dozen languages, music samples, and nature sounds. It continues to explore today, and is currently 7 billion miles from earth.
  • Italian Reinhold Messner made the first successful solo ascent of Mount Everest.

    Italian Reinhold Messner made the first successful solo ascent of Mount Everest.