On this day in 1896, A. S. Popov, a Russian physicist , made the first radio signal transmission in history.
On this day in 1958, rock 'n' roll teen idol Elvis Presley was drafted in the U.S. Army.
On this day in 2000, S&P 500 index reached an intraday high of 1,552.87, a peak that was not reached again for another seven-and-a-half years due to the collapse of the dot-com bubble.