Moments in Time: Dandy Horse
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On June 14, 1777, the Second Continental Congress passed the Flag Resolution, which determined that the U.S. flag would consist of 13 alternating red and white stripes and 13 white, five-pointed stars on a blue background.
On June 12, 1817, the earliest form of bicycle -- known as the Laufmaschine in German and in English by the derogatory term "dandy horse" -- was demonstrated by its inventor, Karl Drais.
On June 16, 1903, Pepsi-Cola became an official trademark. The Pepsi Cola Company had launched just the year before, to immediate success, and by 1910, boasted more than 200 franchises in 24 states.
On June 18, 1978, American serial killer and sex offender Jeffrey Dahmer murdered his first victim just three weeks after his high school graduation. Dahmer had lured 18-year-old hitchhiker Steven Mark Hicks to his house with the promise of a few beers.
On June 13, 1981, Queen Elizabeth II was shot at with six blank rounds by Marcus Sarjeant while she was riding a horse. The queen managed to keep her horse under control and was not injured. When police questioned Sarjeant about his motives, he said: "I wanted to be famous. I wanted to be a somebody."
On June 17, 1985, fighter pilot and Saudi prince Sultan bin Salman Al Saud became the first Arab, the first Muslim and the first member of a royal family to fly into space, on NASA's Discovery Space Shuttle, as a payload specialist. He chose not to fast for Ramadan while he was training and in space, but brought a small Koran along for the trip, with a prayer from his mother asking God to protect travelers, and tied his feet to the shuttle floor to prostrate himself in prayer as best he could.
On June 15, 2019, Babe Ruth's baseball jersey became the most expensive sports memorabilia in history when it sold for a staggering $5.6 million. According to Hunt Auctions, the jersey dated to between 1928 and 1930 and broke the previous record of $4.4 million set by a 1920 Ruth jersey.
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