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On this day in history... DateTime:7/21/2009 11:56:42 AM
- 1793 - France ends forced worship of God.
- 1801 - Kentucky outlaws dueling.
- 1908 - 1st Gideon Bible put in a hotel room.
- 1951 - 1st long distance telephone call without operator assistance.
- 1969 - "Sesame Street" premieres on PBS TV.
- 1989 - Word Perfect 5.1 is shipped.
- 1991 - Marty Glickman broadcasts his 1,000th football game.
- 1999 - Warner Bros. releases the film Pokémon: The First Movie to theaters. (The Pokémon characters originated with a video game in Japan. Total American theater ticket sales: US$86 million.)
- 2084 - Transit of Earth as seen from Mars.
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