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FIRST STOCK TICKER ON THIS DAY IN 1867

The Edison & Unger Stock Ticker

On November 15, 1867, the first stock ticker was unveiled in New 
York City. The advent of the ticker ultimately revolutionized the
stock market by making up-to-the-minute prices available to
investors around the country.

Prior to this development, information from the New York Stock Exchange, which has been around since 1792, traveled by mail
or messenger.

The ticker was the brainchild of Edward Calahan (1838-1912) who configured a telegraph machine to print stock quotes on streams
of paper tape (the same paper tape later used in ticker-tape
parades).

Stock Ticker | Addams Family Wiki | Fandom

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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

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The Voyager 2 aboard Titan III-Centaur launch vehicle lifted off on August 20, 1977. The Voyager ...
Voyager 2 launched by a Titan-Centaur rocket.

Contemporary newspaper coverage of Voyager (2) | The Planetary Society

Daily Visual 20.08.15: Voyager 2 and the Golden Record

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U.S. FORECES INVADE GUADALCANAL

World War II | Facts, Summary, Combatants, & Causes | Britannica.com

EagleSpeak: Saturday Is Old Radio Day: "Guadacanal Diary" (1944)

US MARINES GUADALCANAL 1942 Segunda Guerra Mundial 4x6 #102 de impresión de la segunda guerra ...

On August 7, 1942, the U.S. 1st Marine Division began
Operation Watchtower, the first U.S. offensive of the
war, by landing on Guadalcanal, one of the Solomon
Islands.

Battle for Guadalcanal launched American path to World War II victory in Pacific - cleveland.com

Guadalcanal-Tulagi Invasion, 7-9 August 1942

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INVASION OF THE ‘BIG ROCK’ ON THIS DAY

NH 58558 Okinawa Invasion, 1945

The United States launched a massive invasion of the Japanese
home island
of Okinawa, with an initial landing of 60,000 soldiers
and marines, on this day in history, April 1, 1945.

The Battle of Okinawa proved the last major engagement of World
War II
and the largest battle of the entire war in the Pacific Theater. 

Okinawa has been a critical strategic location for the United States Armed Forces since the Battle of Okinawa and the end of World
War II
. The island was under American administration until 1972,
and today hosts around 26,000 US military personnel, about half
of the total complement of the
United States Forces Japan,
spread among 32 bases and 48 training sites.

Battle of Okinawa – Largest Amphibious Assault in the Pacific in WWII | DocumentaryTube

Photos: 70-year anniversary of Okinawa invasion | Madison Archives | madison.com

The Invasion of Okinawa: Meatgrinder at Kakazu Ridge | The National WWII Museum | New Orleans

Hotel Ocean in Naha, Okinawa has a buffet with the world’s best selection of Okinawan cuisine ...
Naha, Okinawa, Japan today.

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FIRST ATM MACHINE OPENED ON THIS DAY

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On September 2, 1969, America’s first automatic teller
machine
(ATM) makes its public debut, dispensing
cash to customers at
Chemical Bank in Rockville
Centre,
New York. ATMs went on to revolutionize the
banking industry,
eliminating the need to visit a bank
to conduct basic financial transactions.  

By the 1980s, these money machines had become
widely popular and handled
many of the functions
previously performed by human tellers, such as
check deposits and  money transfers between
accounts. 

Today, ATMs are as indispensable to most people
as cell phones and e-mail.



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Donald C. Wetzel (93) is an American businessman known
for holding the USA patent to the
automatic teller machine.

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