Significant events that happened on this day.
The superstorm stretched 1,100 miles across, causing over $70 billion in damage and leaving millions without power. The storm surge flooded New York's...
Leaders gathered in the same room where the Treaty of Rome was signed in 1957, symbolically linking the EU's past and future. However, the constitutio...
The former astronaut and senator returned to space aboard Space Shuttle Discovery, 36 years after becoming the first American to orbit Earth. NASA use...
The would-be brain thief claimed he wanted them for "research purposes" but couldn't explain what research a non-scientist would conduct with stolen b...
Computer science professor Leonard Kleinrock attempted to send "LOGIN" from UCLA to Stanford, but the system crashed after just two letters. The first...
Created by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo, the adventures of the diminutive Gaulish warrior and his portly friend Obelix became a global phenomenon....
In a secret alliance with Britain and France, Israeli forces swept across the desert in response to Egypt's nationalization of the Suez Canal. The cri...
The Ottoman Empire was formally dissolved and replaced with a secular, modern republic. Atatürk would go on to revolutionize Turkish society, introduc...
O'Rourke's invention featured a comb-like attachment with small cutting blades, though it would be decades before electric razors became commercially...
Inspired by Henri Dunant's horror at the Battle of Solferino, representatives from 16 countries established the organization. The Red Cross would go o...
This legal decision established the first legal precedent for slavery as a lifelong, inheritable condition in the American colonies. The ruling by an...
The famous explorer, writer, and favorite of Queen Elizabeth I met his end at the Palace of Westminster. His last words were reportedly about the axe:...