Today in History

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1795 James Swan pays off USA's $2,024,899 national debt. 215 years and $13 trillion later... who's going to bail us out now?

1816 Argentina declares independence from Spain. Didn't they just lose to Germany 4-0 in the World Cup quarterfinals? Ouch.

1910 Walter Brookins is the first person to pilot an airplane to an altitude of 1 mile. He invented the mile high club.

1953 First helicopter passenger service, NYC. 

1979 Voyager 2 flies past Jupiter. In just under 70 years, we went from 1 mile above the Earth to about 554 million miles. 

1996 Speaking of the World Cup, Italy beats France 5-3.

Todays Birthdays

Fred Savage (34), Jack White (35), Courtney Love (46), Tom Hanks (54), and last but definitely not least... Mr. O.J. Simpson (63).