World Science Day for Peace and Development

Sesame Street Day marking the premiere of children’s TV show (1969)

• Oscar the Grouch used to be orange, not green. …
• Sesame Street was almost named something else. …
• Big Bird was played by the same person for nearly 50 years. …
• Rubber Duckie is the only original song from the show to land on the Billboard charts.

Anniversary of:
• the Dutch formally ceding New Netherlands (New York) to the English (1674)
• German engineer Gottlieb Daimler unveiling the world’s first motorcycle (1885)
• the premiere of Home Alone (1990)
• the birthdays of theologian Martin Luther (1483), actor Brittany Murphy (1977)