1955 - Disneyland opens in Anaheim, California. Opened by Walt Disney himself.
This Day in History
1969 - Apollo 11 launches. It will become the first landing on the moon.
1975 - First international manned spaceflight is launched, the Russian Soyuz and the United States.
2005 - The ban placed due to suspicions of mad cow in 2003 by the United States of America, is overturned
2018 - Republic of Ireland becomes the first country in to sell off its fossil fuel investments.
1882- 1st US ocean pier completed in Washington, D.C.
1962 - Telstar, the worlds first geosynchronous communications satellite is launched.
1990- the patent for the portable circular saw is filed.
1815- First US natural gas well is discovered.
1906- American architect Philip Johnson is born in Cleveland, Ohio.