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.
24 / 40
Yves Herman/Reuters
1964: Actor Don Cheadle, best known for his roles in movies such as "Boogie Nights," "Traffic," "Ocean's Eleven," "Crash," "Iron Man 2" and "Hotel Rwanda," is born in Kansas City, Mo.