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The Beatles release their first album turning teenagers into British crazed lunatics. Flipper turns audiences into dolphin crazed lunatics. And a craz...

An FBI agent is determined to find the truth (which is out there). A swarm of grasshoppers spoil the Rocketman's day. And an MLB player's skull hits a...

"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" opens on Broadway. "Rock Around the Clock" introduced rocks and clocks to America. And the "Village Voice" is launched from a ...

Stanley Kubrick took us on the ultimate trip. Peggy Fleming won the only gold medal for the USA at an Olympics. And then some truly horrible events th...

Y2K fails to destroy Earth. Dora the Explorer begins her reign of terror. And Letters to Cleo officially ends the 90's by disbanding. What is your fav...

Viking 1 lands on Mars and takes the Face on Mars photo on its way down. Anne Rice's "Interview with a Vampire" is published. And Peter Finch was losi...

Earth had its own day. New York City had its first marathon. And the Odd Couple gave America a weekly dose of Jack Klugman and Tony Randall. What is y...

The Bangles were turning 8th graders into love sick fools with Eternal Flame. A protester holding groceries stood strong against a line of Chinese tan...