 They started working on the parking meter in 1933 because of the assigned project by Carl Maggi. But, yeah, the first parking meter was installed in Oklahoma City on Tuesday, July 16, 1935. Also, 73 years ago, on this day in 1951, The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger was first published. That was one of those books that a lot of us had to read during summer vacation because it was just part of reading.