TODAY in HISTORY
1889 — Frederick Douglass named Minister to Haiti
1941 — Joe Dimaggio on way to 56, ties Willie Keeler’s 44 game hit streak
1946 — U..S drops atom bomb on Bikini atoll (4th atomic explosion)
1960 — Ghana becomes a republic
1962 — Burundi & Rwanda gain independence from Belgium (National Days)
1963 — U.S. postal service institutes the (Zone Improvement Plan) zip code
1967 — Beatles’ “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” goes #1 for 15 weeks
1978 — Former Pres Nixon makes first public speech since resigning in 1974
1978 — Northern Territory of Australia becomes self-governing
1982 — Over 2000 Unification Church couples marry at NY MSG
1989 — Hugh Hefner (Playboy editor) weds playmate Kimberly Conrad
1989 — NFL owners vote unanimously to form the WLAF
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