On This Day... the first Postage Stamp was issued in 1840, the Empire State Building was officially opened in New York in 1931, Batman made his comic strip debut in 1939, Citizen Kane premiered in New York in 1941, Mr Potato Head toy was introduced in America in 1952, Incredible Hulk, created by Stan Lee was first published by Marvel Comics in 1962, Elvis Presley, 32, married Priscilla Beaulieu, 21 in Vegas in 1967, Ayrton Senna, the Brazilian racing driver, died aged 34 after crashing his car in the San Marino Grand Prix in 1994, Spongebob Squarepants cartoon premiered on Nickelodeon in 1999, Eagle Boys pizza chain closed in 2017, and Olympia Dukakis, American actress, died aged 89 in 2021.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9L4AseD-aASource: YouTube/NickelodeonCartoonNetwork