Significant events that happened on this day.
The lawsuit claimed the restaurant didn't adequately warn customers about health risks, despite nutritional information being publicly available. Whil...
The Catholic nun had spent over 30 years serving the destitute and dying in the slums of Calcutta. She declined the ceremonial banquet and asked that...
The Compaq Portable was technically portable, though hauling around a 24-pound suitcase-shaped computer wasn't exactly convenient. Despite its weight,...
Arab members of OPEC stopped oil exports to the United States and other Israeli allies during the Yom Kippur War. Oil prices quadrupled within months,...
Queen Elizabeth II ceremonially opened the facility that would supply electricity to British homes and businesses. The station operated for 47 years a...
The world's most famous scientist left Europe permanently, warning that he would be among the first targets of Hitler's regime. He settled in Princeto...
Messages could now cross the Atlantic in seconds rather than the week it took by ship. The service charged premium rates but proved radio could replac...
This device was Edison's first step toward inventing the movie camera and projector. While the Optical Phonograph itself wasn't successful, it led dir...
The Bessemer process could produce steel in minutes rather than hours, reducing costs by 80% and transforming construction, railroads, and manufacturi...
General Burgoyne's surrender of nearly 6,000 troops shocked the British Empire and convinced France to enter the war on America's side. This defeat is...
The English king desperately needed cash and sold the strategic port city that English forces had captured just three years earlier. Parliament was fu...
