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1483— It’s hard to imagine it, but once Martin Luther was an infant (can’t you see him clutching his 95 thesis?). He is born this day in Eisleben, Germany.

1775 – Semper Fi. The United States Marine Corps is formed in Philadelphia.

1871 – Henry Morton Stanley finally discovers Dr. David Livigston, the British explorer who’d gone missing in Central Africa. According to the story, Stanley greeted the man with: “Dr. Livingstone, I presume?”. Well, he certainly had plenty of time to think up a clever salutation.

1951 – The first direct-dial coast-to-coast telephone services begin in the US making it possible to harass people 3,000 miles away any hour of the day.

1969— Can you tell me how to get, how to get to …“Sesame Street” makes its debut on PBS.

1982— Mia Lin’s Vietnam Veterans Memorial is first opened in Washington, D.C

1989 – The communist regime in Bulgaria crumbles in the wake of the fall of the Berlin Wall..

1997 – MCI Communications accepts a $37 billion take over bid from World Com.

2001— The World Trade Organization accepts China as a member.