(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.

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.

On this day in 1884, the first roller coaster in America opens at Coney Island,
in Brooklyn, New York. Known as a switchback railway, it was the brainchild
of LaMarcus Thompson, traveled approximately six miles per hour and cost
a nickel to ride. The new entertainment was an instant success and by the
turn of the century there were hundreds of roller coasters around the country.

                         
LaMarcus Adna Thompson                                               Nickel
(March 8, 1848 – May 8, 1919)

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The D-Day invasion of Europe took place on the beaches of
Normandy, France on this day in 1944. A total of 400,000 Allied
American, British and Canadian troops were involved.

Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower gives orders to paratroopers on D-Day.

U.S. paratroopers attached to the static line just prior to jumping
during the invasion of Normandy.

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Edward White (above) became the first American astronaut to do a "space walk" when he left the Gemini 4 capsule on this day in 1965.

Gemini IV astronauts Ed White, left, and Jim McDivitt, pose at Cape Kennedy’s Launch Pad.