1847: The USA issues its first postage stamps
1932: “One farmer is milking eight cows and his cream checks just keep him in chewing tobacco.”
1945: Deborah Harry is born
1951: Mary Reeser, of St. Petersburg, Florida, spontaneously combusts
1972: The first Rainbow Gathering begins, Strawberry Lake, Colorado
1979: Sony introduces the Walkman
1983: Bucky Fuller dies
1995: Wolfman Jack dies [radio]
1997: Hong Kong is handed back to the Chinese