onthisday

Spam, spam, spam, spam, spam… #OnThisDay 1937: Spam, the luncheon meat, was introduced into the market by the Hormel Foods Corporation. #fb Louis Trapani (@LouisTrapani) July 06, 2013

#OnThisDay in 2007: Apple Inc. releases its first mobile phone, the iPhone. #apple #iphone #tech #fb Louis Trapani (@LouisTrapani) June 29, 2013

#OnThisDay in 1947: Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington. #ufo #fb Louis Trapani (@LouisTrapani) June 24, 2013

#OnThisDay 1948: Columbia Records introduces the long-playing record album in a public demonstration at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in NYC. Louis Trapani (@LouisTrapani) June 22, 2013

#OnThisDay in 2004: SpaceShipOne becomes the first privately funded spaceplane to achieve spaceflight. #fb Louis Trapani (@LouisTrapani) June 22, 2013

#OnThisDay in 2006: Pluto’s newly discovered moons are officially named Nix & Hydra. #fb Louis Trapani (@LouisTrapani) June 21, 2013

20 years after Soviet Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova ➡ #OnThisDay 1983: Astronaut Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space. #fb Louis Trapani (@LouisTrapani) June 18, 2013

#OnThisDay in 1985: The Gallifreyan Embassy was founded. #DoctorWho #fb Louis Trapani (@LouisTrapani) June 18, 2013

First that we know of ➡ #OnThisDay 1963: Vostok 6 Mission – Soviet Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space. #fb Louis Trapani (@LouisTrapani) June 16, 2013

#OnThisDay (or around it) in 1752: Benjamin Franklin proves that lightning is electricity (traditional date, the exact date is unknown). #fb Louis Trapani (@LouisTrapani) June 16, 2013