The United States ratified a peace treaty with England that ended the
Revolutionary War and established the US as a sovereign nation. John 
Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison took part in negotiating 
the treaty with King George lll.

The Today show is a morning news and talk show. It was the first of its  
genre when it signed on with original host Dave Garroway,above. Dave,
a former radio personality, was host of the series until 1961. The show
was the idea of, then NBC-TV vice-president Sylvester “Pat”  Weaver,
the father of actress Sigourney Weaver. The Today Show is the fourth-
longest running TV series.

 
      Dave Garroway on NBC radio

Actor/Comedian Rip Taylor was named Las  Vegas “Entertainer of
the Year” for three consecutive years in the 1970’s. Taylor was
awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Live Theatre.

Pictured left to right are Jackie Gleason, Rip Taylor, and Mike Douglas  

                                         “HOLY MACKEREL!” 

THE BELL TELEPHONE HOUR was seen on NBC-TV and ran until the spring
of 1968. The concert series was one of the first TV shows to be telecast
exclusively in color using a system perfected by RCA in 1954. It aired
every week on Friday evenings. 

 
Aviation pioneer and author Amelia Earhart made a flight from
Honolulu, Hawaii to Oakland, California, becoming the first
woman to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean. The plane she
flew on that trip, a Lockheed Vega, is on display at the
National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. 

 
Amelia Earhart posing by her plane at the Oakland airport

 
The Lockheed Vega 5B at the National Air and Space Museum