1751: First U.S. hospital founded (Pennsylvania Hospital).
1752: First U.S. fire insurance policy issued (Philadelphia).
1927: Louis B. Mayer starts Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences; as meeting runs long, Mayer hums loudly at the long-winded speakers, hoping they'll get the hint.
1949: First Polaroid camera sold.
1959: Yankee catcher Yogi Berra's errorless streak of 148 games ends; somewhere a fat lady sings.
1968: Richard Harris releases MacArthur Park; listeners wonder if just maybe psychedelic rock hasn't gone too far.
1969: Monty Python forms.
1972: On the Dick Cavett Show, John Lennon claims that the FBI is tapping his phone; a voice offstage responds, "No we're not... oops."
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