Significant events that happened on this day.
Windows XP combined the consumer-friendly Windows 98 interface with the stability of Windows NT, creating Microsoft's most successful OS. Despite bein...
Rewritten as a tribute to Princess Diana following her death, the song was performed at her funeral and released for charity. It sold over 33 million...
Operation Urgent Fury involved nearly 8,000 U.S. troops invading the tiny Caribbean island nation. The invasion was controversial internationally but...
Gary Thuerk sent an unsolicited email advertising DEC computers to nearly every ARPANET address on the U.S. West Coast. The message generated complain...
After 22 years of recognizing Taiwan as the legitimate Chinese government, the UN switched recognition to mainland China in a historic vote. Taiwan lo...
During a league match, a player kicked off and immediately passed the ball back to his goalkeeper, who wasn't paying attention. The ball rolled into t...
The Tappan Stove Company sold the first domestic microwave oven, a massive unit about the size of a standard oven costing $1,295 (about $15,000 today)...
This formal declaration of cooperation between Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy created the 'Axis' powers that would later expand to include Japan. The...
A forged letter supposedly from Soviet official Grigory Zinoviev urged British communists to incite revolution. Published four days before the general...
Born in Málaga, Picasso displayed extraordinary artistic talent from early childhood, completing his first painting at age nine. He co-founded Cubism,...
Despite his father's opposition to him pursuing music, Strauss II became the most famous member of the Strauss musical dynasty. He composed over 500 w...
George III became king upon his grandfather's sudden death and would reign for nearly 60 years. He's best known in America as the king during the Revo...
Henry V's army of around 6,000 men faced a French force of 20,000-36,000 soldiers in muddy conditions. The English longbowmen decimated the French cav...
