Video: 'Alexander Graham Bell'
(Wednesday, August 2, 1922, 2:00 a.m. local time) — Alexander Graham Bell, generally regarded as the inventor of the telephone, died of complications arising from diabetes today at his private estate, Beinn Bhreagh, Nova Scotia, Canada, at age 75.
Audio: 'I Want to Tell You'
(Saturday, August 1, 1992) — Live in Japan, a live album of George Harrison’s December 1991 tour of Japan, debuted and peaked at #126 on today’s Billboard 200 pop albums chart. Continue reading ‘Live in Japan’ by George Harrison debuts, peaks at #126 in USA 20 years ago today (1992)
(Wednesday, August 1, 1962) — U.S. President John F. Kennedy today promised stiffer government controls to avert drug tragedies and urges every woman in the country to guard against take thalidomide, blamed for thousands of malformed births in Europe.
Video: '100 Years of Marine Corps Aviation'
(Thursday, August 1, 1912) — The U.S. Marine Corps’ first pilot, 1st Lt. Alfred A. Cunningham, went on his first solo flight today as he took off in a Burgess/Curtis Hydroplane from Marblehead Harbor in Massachusetts.
