June 8 in History: Muhammad, the Bill of Rights & More

[00:00:00]Welcome back to this day in history.

[00:00:01]>> [music] >> Today's date, June 8th, is nothing short of extraordinary.

[00:00:06]In 632 [music] CE, the Prophet Muhammad died in Medina.

[00:00:11]In just two decades, >> [music] >> he had unified a fractured Arabia under a new faith.

[00:00:17]That faith [music] now holds nearly 2 billion followers.

[00:00:21]A true hinge point in all of human history. Now for something strange.

[00:00:26]In 1959, [music] the US Navy delivered mail inside a missile.

[00:00:31]3,000 letters [music] launched from a submarine off Florida.

[00:00:35]It landed on target.

[00:00:37]The Postmaster [music] General called it the future of mail delivery.

[00:00:42]It was never tried again. In 1789, James Madison introduced [music] the Bill of Rights to Congress.

[00:00:49]And in 1966, the NFL [music] and AFL merged, accidentally giving the world the Super Bowl.

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