1980: The Magic Cube Becomes Rubik’s Cube In the mid 1970s, Ernő Rubik, who worked at the Academy of Applied Arts and Crafts in Budapest, created a cube puzzle that was built to be used as a teaching tool for his students to help them understand 3D objects. Apparently, it wasn’t meant to be a puzzle at all. It was
Read more1956: Elvis Presley is on TV for the First Time January of 1956 was a busy time for Elvis Presley. On the 10th, he recorded “Heartbreak Hotel,” his first recording for RCA. The song included pianist Floyd Cramer, guitarist Chet Atkins, and background singer Gordon Stoker of the Jordanaires quartet. The single was released on the 27th. Then on this
Read more1984: Michael Jackson Gets Burned During Pepsi Commercial It happened on this day in 1984 that singer Michael Jackson, was rushed to the hospital due to an accident on the set of television commercial for Pepsi-Cola for which he had signed a $5 million endorsement deal. Jackson suffered from burns to his face and scalp. It is believed that it
Read more1998: President Clinton Gives the “I Did Not” Speech While the scandal first came out on January 17, 1998 of an affair between President Bill Clinton and an intern named Monica Lewinsky, it was on this day in 1998 during a press conference that Clinton gave this following statement with his wife Hilary standing by his side: “Now, I have
Read more1961: ‘One Hundred and One Dalmatians’ is Released Based on the book with the same name, Walt Disney Pictures released One Hundred and One Dalmatians for the first time on this day in 1961. The movie was the studio’s 17th animated film and just might have saved the studio. The animated film brought in a hefty revenue due to the
Read more1993 Disney Purchases Pixar In 1993, Disney agreed to a three movie agreement with Pixar which introduced us to Toy Story, A Bug’s Life and Toy Story 2. The three had won 19 Oscars and grossed more than $3 billion at the box office. The two companies agreed to another three movies in what seemed like a match made in
Read more1976: ‘Donny & Marie’ Airs for the First Time “I’m a little bit country/I’m a little bit rock n’ roll” was sung for the first time on this day in 1976 during the Donny & Marie variety show shown on ABC. Born into the famous Osmond family, Donny and Marie were and still are the most popular of the bunch.
Read more1967: The First Super Bowl The annual championship game of the NFL, The Super Bowl, was first played on this day back in 1967. Originally, the game was created as part of the merger between the NFL and the AFL. The Green Bay Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs 35 to 10, the halftime show was presented by the University
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