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Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1867 – During World War II, the United States takes possession of the then-unoccupied Midway Atoll (More info) 1963 – At the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Martin Luther King, Jr. gives his ‘I Have a Dream’ speech (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1929 – Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 500 home runs in his career with a home run at League Park in Cleveland, Ohio (More info) 1934 – The first civilian prisoners arrive at the Federal prison on Alcatraz Island (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1892 – The parents of Lizzie Borden are found murdered in their Fall River, Massachusetts home (More info) 1944 – A tip from a Dutch informer leads Nazis to a sealed-off area in an Amsterdam warehouse where they find and arrest Jewish diarist Anne Frank, her family, and four others (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1492 – Christopher Columbus sets sail from Palos de la Frontera, Spain (More info) 1900 – The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company is founded (More info) 1949 – The National Basketball Association is formed (More info) 1972 – The United States Senate ratifies the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (More info) 1981 – US air

When something is so entrenched in our daily lives, it’s often hard to remember a time when it wasn’t ubiquitous. Such was the internet in 1995. In this archival clip from MTV — which celebrates its 30th birthday on August 1st — Kurt Loder gives us a primer on what exactly the internet is and how it’s being used, with stars like Sandra Bullock, Dave Matthews and Coolio weighing in.

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1864 – Confederate spy Belle Boyd is arrested by Union troops and detained at the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, D.C. (More info) 1899 – The First Hague Convention is signed (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1775 – Congress establishes the United States Post Office and names Benjamin Franklin the first US Postmaster General (More info) 1908 – The Office of the Chief Examiner, which later becomes the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), is created (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1844 – Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, and his brother Hyrum Smith are murdered by a mob at the Carthage, Illinois jail (More info) 1898 – The first solo circumnavigation of the globe is completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island, Nova Scotia (More info)

What you can buy for the Kardashian wedding. Another edition of F@cked Up History. Emma the rib thief  

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1858 – Senate candidate Abraham Lincoln declares “a house divided against itself cannot stand” (More info) 1903 – The Ford Motor Company is incorporated (More info)