Guttenberg bibles and many manifestations of capitalism.

1968

Wilt Chamberlain becomes the first NBA player to score 25,000 points

1967

The 25th amendment is ratified. That’s the one that tells us that literally every other person in America would have to die before we became president, so an assassination attempt would be fruitless. I mean, um, succession of powers.

1954

1st mass inoculation with Salk vaccine. Bye bye polio!

1896

The Tootsie Roll is introduced by Leo Hirshfield. Grandmas everywhere, ecstatic to have an alternative to those crinkly, cellophane wrapped hard candies and butterscotch things, rush to stock their houses with them.

1886

London Times publishes the world’s 1st classified ad.

1836

Remember my funny raccoon hat: the Alamo is besieged by Santa Anna; the entire garrison is eventually killed

1813

The first U.S. raw cotton-to-cloth mill is founded in Waltham, Massachusetts. Whoo industrial revolution!

1455

Johannes Gutenberg prints the first book, a Bible

Cupcake time!

1994

Actress/child Dakota Fanning

1965

Veteran primetime soap opera star Kristin Davis

1940

Actor/ Jane Fonda progenitor Peter Fonda

1868

Activist/writer W. E. B. Du Bois