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Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1791 – Virginia becomes the last state to ratify the Bill of Rights, making the first ten amendments to the Constitution law and completing the revolutionary reforms begun by the Declaration of Independence (More info) 1939 – ‘Gone with the Wind’ premieres at Loew’s Grand Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia (More info) Read

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1799 – President George Washington dies at the age of 67 (More info) 1903 – The Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the Wright Flyer in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina (More info)

1803 – Lewis and Clark start their expedition to the west (More info) 1888 – Mary Ann Nichols, the first of Jack the Ripper’s confirmed victims, is murdered (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 30 BC – Cleopatra commits suicide (More info) 1963 – The “hotline” between the leaders of the US and the Soviet Union goes into operation (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1831 – Michael Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction (More info) 1898 – The Goodyear tire company is founded (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1867 – During World War II, the United States takes possession of the then-unoccupied Midway Atoll (More info) 1963 – At the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Martin Luther King, Jr. gives his ‘I Have a Dream’ speech (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1929 – Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 500 home runs in his career with a home run at League Park in Cleveland, Ohio (More info) 1934 – The first civilian prisoners arrive at the Federal prison on Alcatraz Island (More info)

When something is so entrenched in our daily lives, it’s often hard to remember a time when it wasn’t ubiquitous. Such was the internet in 1995. In this archival clip from MTV — which celebrates its 30th birthday on August 1st — Kurt Loder gives us a primer on what exactly the internet is and how it’s being used, with stars like Sandra Bullock, Dave Matthews and Coolio weighing in.

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1864 – Confederate spy Belle Boyd is arrested by Union troops and detained at the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, D.C. (More info) 1899 – The First Hague Convention is signed (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1775 – Congress establishes the United States Post Office and names Benjamin Franklin the first US Postmaster General (More info) 1908 – The Office of the Chief Examiner, which later becomes the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), is created (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1946 – Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis stage their first show as a comedy team at Club 500 in Atlantic City, New Jersey (More info) 1965 – Bob Dylan goes electric as he plugs in at the Newport Folk Festival, signaling a major change in folk and rock music (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1844 – Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, and his brother Hyrum Smith are murdered by a mob at the Carthage, Illinois jail (More info) 1898 – The first solo circumnavigation of the globe is completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island, Nova Scotia (More info)