1992: The U.S. Post office announces the new Elvis stamp picked by popular vote: the young Elvis picture beats older Elvis.
1991: The first lesbian priest is ordained in the Episcopal Church.
1990: Greyhound Bus files for bankruptcy.
Dr. Jack Kevorkian assists an Oregon woman to commit suicide. The controversial act sparks a national debate over the right-to-die.
1988: Phantom of the Opera wins the Tony Best Musical award.
1985: The Supreme Court strikes down Alabama’s “moment of silence” public school prayer law.
1984: Arnold Palmer fails to make the U.S. Open golf tournament for the first time in 32 years.
Bruce Springsteen releases Born in the USA.
DNA is successfully cloned from an extinct animal.
1977: Apple II, the first personal computer, goes on sale.
1972: New Left Black activist Angela Davis is acquitted of killing a prison guard.
1967: The Emmys award Outstanding Drama to Mission Impossible, Outstanding Comedy to The Monkees, and Outstanding Variety to The Andy Williams Show.
1965: The Rolling Stones release Satisfaction.
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