On Aug. 10, 1962, Marvel Comics superhero Spider-Man made his debut in issue 15 of "Amazing Fantasy" (cover price: 12 cents).
- If you have one of these original comic books now, it is priced at $140,000. Can you imagine??
On Aug. 10, 1977, David Berkowitz, the suspect in the "Son of Sam" murders, was arrested.
- David Berkowitz confessed to killing 6 people and was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for each murder, making his maximum term 365 years.
On Aug. 10, 2008, Michael Phelps won a gold medal at the Beijing Olympics, demolishing his previous world record by 2 seconds in the 400-meter individual medley.
- Michael Phelps holds the record for most Olympic medals, at a staggering 22. He also holds the records for gold medals of all-time. Not to mention that he isn't bad on the eyes ;)
Sometimes the only way to look forward is by glancing back to see what is behind you. I think history is neat, and hope to always show my kid how much it shapes us as a civilization.
If you want to see more things that happened on this day throughout past years, you can check out these sites (whom I am fully crediting for this post):
I also did a comic book price check through Comic Book Price Guide and researched David Berkowitz on Wikipedia.
All photos are credited to Wikipedia
One of the neatest things I like to do is see what happened on my son's birthday in history. Has anything neat/interesting happened on your birthdate?
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