Pokémon debuted in the role-playing video game “Pocket Monsters Red and Green” for Game Boy in Japan on this day in 1996.

Did you know that:

• Russian Chemist Constantin Fahlberg discovered saccharin, an artificial sweetener, on this day in 1879
• Elizabeth Taylor was a British-American actress born on this day in 1932
• Apple officially discontinued the development of the Newton operating system and Newton OS-based products on this day in 1998