Significant events that happened on this day.
At its peak in 2004, Blockbuster had 9,094 stores and employed 84,300 people worldwide. The company famously declined to buy Netflix for $50 million i...
The spectacular explosion destroyed 5,000 pounds of supplies headed for the International Space Station, including a herd of ants for a science experi...
The 33-year-old from Essex had his new name officially registered on his passport and driver's license. He insisted friends still call him by his nick...
With its iconic "Bliss" wallpaper of rolling green hills, Windows XP dominated computing for over a decade. Despite Microsoft ending support in 2014,...
Parks received the honor 43 years after refusing to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama. She was only the third private citizen in history to...
In one of boxing's greatest upsets, the 32-year-old Ali used his famous "rope-a-dope" strategy to tire out the younger, stronger Foreman. The fight in...
The historic vote came after Prime Minister Edward Heath's passionate advocacy for membership. Britain officially joined on January 1, 1973—and then v...
Designed by architect Eero Saarinen, the stainless steel monument is both the tallest arch and tallest man-made monument in the Western Hemisphere. Co...
After 13 days of tense negotiations that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war, Khrushchev backed down. In exchange, the U.S. secretly agreed...
Mussolini launched the invasion without consulting Hitler, hoping for a quick victory to rival Germany's conquests. Instead, the Greek army humiliated...
Named after Minnesota Representative Andrew Volstead, the act defined "intoxicating liquor" as any beverage containing more than 0.5% alcohol. It led...
This was considered shocking behavior on two counts: women were not supposed to smoke in public, and automobiles were still so new that the rules of t...
Originally a gift from France, Lady Liberty was assembled on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) after arriving in 350 pieces packed in 214 crates. T...
Originally called "New College," it was renamed two years later after clergyman John Harvard donated his library and half his estate. The initial clas...