1790 — Benjamin Franklin, a Founding Father of the United States, polymath, and inventor, passes away in Philadelphia at age 84 🪁 🇺🇸
1837 — J.P. Morgan, the immensely powerful American banker, financier, and industrial consolidator, is born in Connecticut 🏦 💵
1937 — The iconic animated character Daffy Duck makes his first-ever appearance in the Warner Bros. cartoon Porky's Duck Hunt 🦆 📺
1964 — Ford Motor Company spectacularly unveils the very first Mustang to the public at the New York World's Fair 🏎️ ✨
1970 — The Apollo 13 astronauts splash down safely in the Pacific Ocean after a ruptured oxygen tank critically crippled their spacecraft 🚀 🌊
1973 — Federal Express (now FedEx) officially begins its overnight delivery operations, transporting 186 packages across the country 📦 ✈️
1974 — Victoria Beckham, the singer famous as "Posh Spice" is born in Essex 🎤 👗
2011 — The massively successful and culturally defining fantasy television series Game of Thrones premieres on HBO 🐉 📺
2023 — Tech giant Apple officially opens its first-ever physical retail store in India, drawing massive crowds to the new location in Mumbai 📱 🇮🇳
