ON THIS DAY

It was on this date back in 1662 that the lime was first introduced to America. It wasn't until 250 years that the lemon arrived in the U.S., on a Detroit assembly line.

Wolfgang A. Mozart was born in 1756. In studies at the University of California students simply listening to a Mozart sonata dramatically increased their intelligence.

On this date in 1880, Thomas Edison was granted a patent for his invention, the electric incandescent lamp.

• It was one of those redundant moments when a light bulb came on... and it inspired him to have a real light bulb come on. 
• Up until that time, lamps didn't exist... and there were no lampshades to wear at parties. 
• Needless to say, it made electrical bills sky rocket! 
• How did he think of it? Tom would always say he didn't know... just, one day, a light came on! 
• I wonder, before then, when you had a great idea, what went on? 

On this date in 1926, John Logie Baird made the first public TV demonstration. Well, not Public TV... I mean, TV... in public. Just like now, back then, there was really nothing on TV to watch.

In 1948, the very first tape recorder was sold. 

• One of the many inventions replaced these days by our phones. 
• We don't know what it sounded like. No one there thought to turn it on. 
• People were able to capture sound and play it back later. They have that option with this show, but no one takes us up on the offer. 

On this day in 1951, the U.S. Air Force drops a one-kiloton atomic bomb on Frenchman Flats in the Nevada desert. Actually, before the bomb, the place was known as "Frenchman Mountain."

In 1977, President Carter pardoned over 10,000 Vietnam War draft evaders, while wearing a t-shirt that said, "Go Dodgers!"