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On this day in 1928, legendary musician Antoine "Fats" Domino Jr. was born in New Orleans, Louisiana.

On this day in 1945, during the Battle of Iwo Jima, six Marines planted the U.S. flag at the summit of Mount Suribachi.

On this day in 1876, Native American writer and activist Zitkála-Šá was born.  --- On this day in 1861, after losing a bet, Edward Payson Weston embarked on a 478-mile walk from Boston to Washington D.C.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1986, the original “Legend of Zelda" video game was released in Japan for the Famicom Disk System.

On this day in 1939, a crowd of 20,000 Nazi sympathizers staged a rally in Madison Square Garden in New York City.

On this day in 1953, the State of Georgia created the first literature censorship board in the United States.

On this day in 1932, Illinois farmer James Markham received the first fruit tree patent for his hybrid peach tree.

On this day in 1943, the now-famous “We Can Do It!” poster was first displayed in several Westinghouse factories.

On this day in 1962, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy gave the first televised tour of the White House.

On this day in 1923, the New York Renaissance basketball team was formed in Harlem.

On this day in 1994, Edvard Munch's world-famous painting “The Scream" was stolen from the National Gallery in Oslo, Norway.

On this day in 1895, the first game of volleyball was played at the YMCA in Holyoke, Massachusetts.