The Greatest Thing Since... July 7, 1928
On July 7, 1928 — his 48th birthday — inventor Otto Rohwedder finally sold the first loaf of machine-sliced bread in Chillicothe, Missouri.
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There Is No Joy in Mudville: Baseball's Most Famous Poem
On June 3, 1888, the San Francisco Examiner printed Ernest Thayer's "Casey at the Bat," the most famous baseball poem ever written.
Goodbye, Mother Road: Route 66 Is Erased From the Map
On June 27, 1985, highway officials voted Route 66 out of existence, ending the 59-year run of America's most famous road.