Significant events that happened on this day.
Cecilia Giménez's DIY restoration of "Ecce Homo" in her local church turned the dignified portrait into what the internet dubbed "Ecce Mono" (Behold t...
The baby girl, born prematurely during a flight from Taipei to Johannesburg, was delivered with help from a passenger who happened to be a doctor. Mot...
The Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor (Fretilin) declared independence after Portugal's withdrawal. Just nine days later, Indonesia in...
Lennon appeared as a surprise guest, performing three songs including "Whatever Gets You Through the Night" and "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds." The p...
After a 228-day journey covering 325 million miles, Mariner 4 sent back 21 grainy black-and-white photos showing a cratered, moon-like surface. The im...
The controversial moment occurred on "Vaudeo Varieties," a variety show on DuMont Television Network. Pirie performed a striptease down to what were d...
This was the first time all three Allied leaders met in person during World War II. They coordinated strategy for opening a second front in Europe (th...
What started as a simple radio show featuring fiddle player Uncle Jimmy Thompson became an American institution. The show was renamed the Grand Ole Op...
Born in Virginia, Astor actually wasn't the first woman elected to Parliament—that was Constance Markievicz, who refused to take her seat. Astor serve...
The party's name means "We Ourselves" in Irish, representing the goal of Irish self-governance. Initially focused on passive resistance and parliament...
Blake created some of the most iconic works in English literature, including "Songs of Innocence and Experience" and "The Tyger." He claimed to experi...
Founded to promote scientific knowledge through experimentation and discussion, the Royal Society would go on to include Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin,...
After 38 days of navigating the treacherous waters, Magellan's fleet emerged into a calm ocean, which he named the Pacific Ocean (peaceful ocean). Onl...