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Misc. History
Misc. History
1840 - The penny post, whereby mail was delivered at a standard charge rather than paid for by the recipient, began in Britain.
1911 - Major Jimmie Erickson took the first photograph from an airplane while flying over San Diego, CA.
1946 - The first meeting of the United Nations General Assembly took place with 51 nations represented.
1951 - Donald Howard Rogers piloted the first passenger jet on a trip from Chicago to New York City.
1969 - The final issue of The Saturday Evening Post appeared after 147 years of publication.
1986 - The uncut version of Jerome Kerns musical, "Showboat," opened at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.
2000 - It was announced that AOL and Time Warner were merging. It was the largest media deal in U.S. history priced at $111 billion. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) approved the deal on December 14, 2000.
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