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.