The policy had required LGBTQ+ service members to hide their sexual orientation or face discharge, affecting over 13,000 service members who were kick...
The would-be 'shoe bomber' attempted to detonate explosives on American Airlines Flight 63 from Paris to Miami. Passengers noticed him trying to light...
Ceaușescu and his wife Elena fled Bucharest by helicopter as revolution erupted, but were captured within hours. After a hasty trial on Christmas Day,...
Brown's label, King Records, refused to pay for the recording, so he funded it himself. They also refused to release it, believing live albums didn't...
Born at the Columbus Zoo in Ohio, Colo's arrival was considered a miracle since gorillas had never successfully reproduced in captivity before. She li...
The 1.5-mile tunnel under the Hudson River took seven years and $85 million to complete. It was the first of three tubes that would eventually carry 1...
Amateur golfers in New York City established the USGA to create unified rules for the sport in America. The organization would go on to manage nationa...
Itō helped draft Japan's first constitution and became the architect of its transformation from feudal society to modern nation. He would serve as Pri...
Born in Lucca, Italy, Puccini became one of the greatest opera composers ever, creating tearjerkers like 'La Bohème,' 'Tosca,' and 'Madama Butterfly.'...
The Young Men's Christian Association started in London but found American success when sea captain Thomas Sullivan established the first U.S. chapter...
The legendary 'da-da-da-DUM' symphony debuted at the Theater an der Wien in a marathon concert that also included the Sixth Symphony, Piano Concerto N...
Oglethorpe founded Georgia as a utopian colony for debtors and the 'worthy poor' with unusually progressive rules including a ban on slavery (which di...