2019
Disney Studios is the first studio to have five films earn over $1 billion each in one year with “Toy Story 4”, “Avengers: Engame”, “Captain Marvel”, “Aladdin” and “The Lion King”.
2017
Scientists genetic study of the apple reveal its origin was in Kazakhstan, published in “Nature Communications”.
1995
“Macarena” single is released by Los del Rio.
1991
750,000 attend Paul Simon’s free concert in Central Park.
1979
“Apocalypse Now”, directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, and Martin Sheen, is released (Palme d’Or 1979).
1969
Woodstock rock and roll concert opens.
1961
East German workers began construction of the Berlin Wall.
1939
“The Wizard of Oz” premiered in Hollywood, CA. Judy Garland became famous for the movie’s song “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.”
1914
The Panama Canal was officially opened to commercial traffic as an American ship sailed from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
1911
Procter & Gamble unveils its Crisco shortening.
1848
The dental chair was patented by M. Waldo Hanchett.