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Did you know that on this day, September 3, 1833, The Sun newspaper was published for the first time in New York City?

Did you know that on this day, May 1, 1930, the "planet" Pluto was officially named?

Did you know that on this day, September 12, 1981, the animated fantasy TV show "The Smurfs" premiered on NBC?

Did you know that on this day, September 14, 1959, the Luna 2 spacecraft from the Soviet Union intentionally crashed into the moon?

Did you know that on this day, January 3, 1870, workers began construction on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York?

Did you know that on this day, January 4, 1962, New York City modernized its subway with unmanned trains?

Did you know that on this day, May 12, 1902, 140,000 miners went on strike in Pennsylvania?

The word "today" was generally written as two words until the 16th Century, then as "to-day" until the early 20th Century.

Did you know that on this day, January 11, 1787, Sir William Herschel discovered the first two moons of Uranus?

Did you know that on this day, September 23, 1994, "The Shawshank Redemption" by Frank Darabont was released in the US?

Did you know that on this day, September 25, 2016, Selena Gomez reached 100 million followers on Instagram?

Did you know that on this day, May 22, 1906, the Wright Brothers were granted a patent for their "flying machine"?