On this day in 1951, the first live transcontinental television broadcast took place in San Francisco, from the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference.
On this day in 1972, American athlete Mark Spitz became the first competitor to win seven medals at a single Olympic Games.
On this day in 1998, Google was founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two students at Stanford University.
On this day in 2010, a 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck the South Island of New Zealand at 4:35 am, causing widespread damage and several power outages.