Edison shows off his phonograph, atom bomb testing heads underground, a chimpanzee orbits the Earth, the Pong craze begins, and the world loses another Beatle, all on this day.
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1832: Louisa May Alcott, who would become best known as author of the novel "Little Women" and its sequels "Little Men" and "Jo's Boys," is born in Germantown, Pa.