The " Piltdown Man" discovered in 1912 was revealed as a hoax on this date in '53. Edison announced his invention of the hand cranked cylinder phonograph dubbed the "talking machine" (1877)-- Mary Had a Little Lamb was the first recording made for it... Also on this date, Bob Atheney began bowling for 265 hours spread over 11 days ('75), and the Freedom of Information Act was passed into law ('74).