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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1971: Actress Gena Lee Nolin, best known for her television roles on "The Price Is Right" and "Baywatch" in the 1990s, is born in Duluth, Minn.