1972 - The first Gay Pride march takes place in England.
1966 - The first color television transmission in Canada takes place from Toronto.
1963 - ZIP Codes (which stand for Zone Improvement Plan) are introduced from the United States Postal Service.
1908 - SOS is adopted as the international distress signal (letters chosen as simplest to transmit and receive in Morse code)
1881 - The world's first international telephone call is made between St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, and Calais, Maine, United States.
This Day In Business
1950 - The first Electronic telephone answering machine is produced by Bell Labs and Western Electric.
1929 - American cartoonist Elzie Segar added Popeye to 10 year old comic strip "Thimble Theater."
1990 - East Germany re-unifying with West Germany economy using Deutsche Mark currency.
2004 - Derek Jeter dives head first for foul ball against Red Sox - big place in Yankees history
July 1st Holiday
Canada Day (Canada) - Canada's national day, celebrating the anniversary of Canada uniting within the British empire on July 1, 1867,
Today's Birthday Trivia
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Today's Birthday Horoscope
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