1921: Contestants from nine U.S. cities compete in the first Miss America Pageant in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The winner (second from left) is Miss Washington, D.C.
1927: A working television system is created by Philo Farnsworth; he does not ask, "What hath God wrought", but he probably should have.
1978: Keith Moon, drummer for The Who, dies.
1979: ESPN debuts.
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