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1806 Lewis & Clark find skeleton of 105' blue whale in Oregon
1838 1st telegraph message sent using dots & dashes (NJ)
1889 Dr Herman Hollerith receives 1st US patent for a tabulating machine - the first computer
1935 Rock 'n' roll singer Elvis Presley was born in Tupelo, Miss
1954 Elvis Presley pays $4 to a Memphis studio & records his 1st two songs, "Casual Love" & "I'll Never Stand in Your Way"
1956 Elvis Presley's "Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog," single goes to #1 & stays #1 for a record 11 weeks (for a single)
1965 Beatles' "Rubber Soul," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 6 weeks
1965 - The TV dance show "Hullabaloo" debuted on NBC.
1966 - The final episode of "Shindig!" was broadcast on ABC-TV. The show featured the Kinks and the Who.
1993 NBC offers "Tonight Show" to David Letterman
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