On this day: July 16

POSTED: 03:00 PM PDT Jul 13, 2012    UPDATED: 11:00 PM PDT Jul 15, 2012 

The nation's capital is founded, the world gets its first parking meter, Joltin' Joe sets an unbreakable record and man heads to the moon, all on this day.

OTD July 16 - Catcher in the Rye
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Little, Brown and Company

1951: "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger is published for the first time.

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