1968

The Love Bug (also known as Herbie the Love Bug) is a 1968 
sports adventure comedy film directed by Robert Stevenson
from a screenplay by Bill Walsh and Don DaGradi, based on
the story "Car, Boy, Girl" by Gordon Buford. The film is the
first installment in the Herbie film series.

The Love Bug was the second highest-grossing film of 1969,
earning over $51.2 million at the domestic box office and it 
received mostly positive reviews from critics.

PHOTO TAKEN AT A LOCAL AUTO SHOW.

On July 28, 1978, National Lampoon’s Animal House, a movie
spoof about 1960s college fraternities starring John Belushi,
opened in U.S. theaters. It was the first film produced by
National Lampoon.
       
Produced with an estimated budget of $3 million, Animal House
became a huge, multi-million-dollar box-office hit, spawned a
slew of cinematic imitations and became part of pop-culture
history. 

On July 28, 1868: Following its ratification by the necessary three-
quarters of U.S. states, the 14th Amendment, granting citizenship
to all persons born or naturalized in the United States—including formerly enslaved people—was officially adopted into the U.S. Constitution. Secretary of State William Seward (below) issued a
proclamation certifying the amendment.

Jim Davis is the cartoonist who created the lazy, sarcastic cat
"Garfield," one of the most widely distributed comics in history.

Garfield began syndication in 41 newspapers on June 19, 1978
and by 2008, it appeared in 2,580 newspapers and was read by
300 million readers every day.