Significant events that happened on this day.
Andrew Lloyd Webber's bizarre musical about singing and dancing cats in a junkyard confused critics but captivated audiences worldwide. Based on T.S....
Agnew became only the second Vice President to resign in American history, stepping down amid a scandal involving kickbacks and bribes during his time...
The island nation became a sovereign state within the Commonwealth, ending nearly a century of colonial administration. Prince Charles attended the in...
Komla Agbeli Gbedemah was traveling through Dover, Delaware when a restaurant refused to serve him breakfast because he was Black. The incident became...
The groundbreaking opera featuring an all-Black cast opened in New York after initially being rejected by the Metropolitan Opera. With songs like "Sum...
While the film itself had only synchronized music and sound effects, the preview screening featured short films of vaudeville acts with synchronized s...
Wilson pressed a button in Washington D.C. that sent an electrical signal to Panama, detonating dynamite that destroyed the final barrier separating t...
A accidental explosion in Wuchang led to a spontaneous rebellion by New Army units against the Qing Dynasty. Within six weeks, most Chinese provinces...
In his Grito de Yara declaration, Céspedes freed his 30 slaves and invited them to join the fight for Cuban independence. The war would rage for a dec...
Using his self-built telescope in Liverpool, Lassell spotted the massive moon orbiting Neptune in the opposite direction of the planet's rotation. Tri...
The man who would create some of opera's most iconic works, including La Traviata, Rigoletto, and Aida, was born to a poor family running an inn. His...
Pitot was actually trying to measure water flow in the Seine River when he invented the device. His simple but brilliant design uses the difference be...
