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Associated Press photographer Nick Ut snapped an iconic moment of the Vietnam War on this day in 1972. The subject: a nine-year-old girl named Phan Thi Kim Phuc running naked on a road after being severely burned on her back by a South Vietnamese napalm attack. 

The home of the King of Rock & Roll opened to the public on this day in 1982, revealing its gaudy and garish glory to all. 

If you've driven around downtown Chicago, you've undoubtedly seen the trains whipping around on tracks above your car. The iconic 'L' system began service on this day in 1892, which makes it the second-oldest rapid transit system in America after New York City's Subway. It also trails behind NYC as the second-longest  system in total mileage. 

The Apple II was one of the first highly successful mass-produced microcomputer products produced by Apple and went on sale to the public on June 5, 1977... imagine the lines at an Apple store today. 

Ahh... our old Kentucky home... Take a step outside and smell the fresh air on the birthday of the Bluegrass State.

W. Heath Robinson is in the UK who Rube Goldberg is in the US. He was an English cartoonist best known for his drawings of eccentric machines: complex inventions that achieved absurdly simple results (a la Wallace and Gromit).