This Day In History
- Arts
- 1969 “Sesame Street" made its broadcast debut. “Sesame Street" went on to become the most widely viewed children’s program in the world, airing in more than 120 countries. The show was the brainchild of Joan Ganz Cooney, a former documentary producer. Her goal was to create programming for preschoolers that was both entertaining and educational. She also wanted to use TV as a way to help underprivileged 3- to 5- year-olds prepare for kindergarten.
- 1982 The newly finished Vietnam Veterans Memorial, designed by Chinese-American architect Maya Lin, was opened to its first visitors in Washington, D.C., three days before its dedication.
- Inventor
- 1903 The patent office awards U.S. Patent No. 743,801 to a Birmingham, Alabama woman named Mary Anderson for the first windshield wiper. When she received her patent, Anderson tried to sell it to a Canadian manufacturing firm, but the company refused, claiming it had no practical value. Although mechanical windshield wipers were standard equipment in passenger cars by around 1913, Anderson never profited from the invention.
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