Believed to be the first coupon ever, this ticket for a free glass of Coca-Cola was first distributed in 1888 to help promote the drink. By 1913, the company had redeemed 8.5 million tickets.

1894

 

                       Cary Grant (Archibald Alexander Leach)  

                       (January 18, 1904 – November 29, 1986)

Grant was named the second Greatest Male Star of All Time by the American
Film Institute. He was known for both comedic and dramatic film roles such as
The Awful Truth (1937), Bringing Up Baby (1938), Gunga Din (1939), The
Bishop’s Wife (1947),  North by Northwest (1959) and Charade (1963).

Screenwriter, novelist, and television producer Rod Serling pitched his new 
science fiction TV series, The Twilight Zone, to prospective advertisers in
the spring of 1959. This was before the pilot episode, “Where Is Everybody?”
was shown to them.

   Thomas Edwin "Tom" Mix (January 6, 1880 – October 12, 1940)

Mix appeared in 291 films between 1909 and 1935, all but nine of which were
silent movies. He is credited as having helped define the genre for all cowboy
actors who followed.

1935

The Tom Mix Memorial On Highway 79 Outside of Florence,
Arizona

President Roosevelt counting dimes with Basil O’Conner,organizer of the
March Of Dimes campaign.

The nonprofit organization March of Dimes Foundation was founded by then-
President Franklin D. Roosevelt to help combat polio. Roosevelt was himself
diagnosed with polio in 1921, and it left him unable to move his legs.

In 1956-57 Elvis Presley helped promote polio vaccinations for the
March of Dimes. He was photographed (above) with the poster girl 
of the organization, Joanne Wilson. Elvis also had his polio shot.
 

Singer Frank Sinatra