Shortly after midnight on August 13, 1961, East German soldiers
began laying down barbed wire and bricks as a barrier between
Soviet-controlled East Berlin and the democratic western section
of the city.

In July 1956, DJ Dick Clark inherited WFIL-TV’s Bandstand
from scandal-tainted Bob Horn and revamped it.

On August 5, 1957, TV’s "American Bandstand" began
broadcasting nationally beaming images of clean-cut,
average teenagers dancing to 67 ABC affiliates across
the nation.

The show would become an iconic expression of American 
teen culture.

Dick Clark (November 30, 1929 – April 18, 2012)

        
       
        
        
        
        
       
The first-place prize of 5,000 francs—a value of around
$40,000 today—was shared equally between the French
manufacturers Panhard & Levassor and Les Fils de
Peugeot frères for hewing closest to the competition’s
ideals.

The real winner of the Paris-Rouen Trial, however, was
the automotive industry itself.

Honda introduces its first Civic, a new breed of subcompact,
fuel-saving car. It arrives just in time for the energy crisis of
1973, which brought higher gas prices, long lines and
occasional fistfights at the pump.

Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige (July 7, 1906 – June 8, 1982)

Satchel Paige, longtime Negro League star, made his Major
League debut with the Cleveland Indians, the oldest rookie
in history. “Age is a question of mind over matter,” he says.
“If you don’t mind, it don’t matter.”