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Tune in tonight to watch the 2026 MLB All-Star Game. The Midsummer Classic takes center stage tonight as Major League Baseball's premier talent gathers at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia. The 2026 game promises high-stakes drama as the American and National Leagues battle for ultimate bragging rights.

It was on this day in 1981 that Nintendo unleashed Donkey Kong, a classic that would change the arcade landscape forever. Not only did it introduce the world to gaming's most famous gorilla, but it also marked the very first appearance of a character named Jumpman, who would later become the global icon, Mario.

Besides it being America’s 250th anniversary, it's the 200th anniversary of the deaths of Adams and Jefferson. In an astonishing twist of historical fate, founding fathers and arguably best friends, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, both passed away on the exact same day: July 4, 1826, precisely 50 years after the adoption of the Declaration of Independence.