(Fox News) – An extremely rare 1776 printing of the Declaration of
Independence has gone on public display for the first time in over
a century.

The printing is on display at the Museum of the American Revolution
in Philadelphia through the end of 2019. This is also the first time that
the print has been displayed in a museum.

Printed by newspaper publisher and printer John Holt in New York in
1776, the artifact is addressed to Col. David Mulford, a Revolutionary
War colonel who died of smallpox in 1778. The print stayed in the
possession of Mulford’s family until 2017, when it was sold to Holly
Metcalf Kinyon, herself a descendant of Declaration signer John
Witherspoon.

CARLATA BRADLEY

The Soviet Union began the Berlin Blockade on this day in 1948. It
was one of the first major international crises of the Cold  War. The
Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies’ railway, road, and canal
access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control. (Wikipedia)

David Louis Bartholomew (December 24, 1918 – June 23, 2019)

(AP) – Dave Bartholomew, a giant of New Orleans music and a rock n’ roll
pioneer who with Fats Domino co-wrote and produced such classics as
"Ain’t That a Shame," ”I’m Walkin,’" and "Let the Four Winds Blow," has
died.

Bartholomew, a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame and Rock and
Roll Hall of Fame, died Sunday at a hospital in a New Orleans suburb.

His eldest son, Dave Bartholomew Jr., confirmed the news to AP saying:
"Daddy was 100 years and six months old. It was just that time."

From left: Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew.

On this day in 1989, Tim Burton’s noir spin on the well-known story
of the DC Comics hero Batman is released in theaters.

Michael Keaton starred in the film as the multimillionaire Bruce Wayne,
who has transformed himself into the crime-fighting Batman after
witnessing his parents’ brutal murder as a child.

Michael Keaton (Michael John Douglas) will be 68
September 5th. 

John Joseph (Jack) Nicholson turned 82 in April. He
is shown above in character as The Joker.

MIKE GRACIA

On this day in 1868, Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent
for an invention that he called a "Type-Writer." It became the first machine to be mass-produced.

Christopher Latham Sholes
(February 14, 1819 – February 17, 1890)

The  world’s first typist was Lillian Sholes, daughter
of Christopher Sholes. The machine typed only in
capital letters.