Significant events that happened on this day.
Originally developed as a heart medication, sildenafil citrate became Pfizer's blockbuster drug after researchers noticed its unusual side effect. Wit...
Pan Am Flight 1736 and KLM Flight 4805 collided in thick fog at Los Rodeos Airport in the Canary Islands. The KLM captain began takeoff without cleara...
The discovery of chemosynthetic bacteria thriving in superheated water near volcanic vents revolutionized our understanding of life's requirements. Th...
Tarantino would go on to revolutionize independent cinema with films like Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill. He famously never attended film school, instead...
The massive quake lasted approximately 4.5 minutes and triggered devastating tsunamis that reached as far as California and Hawaii. Despite its power,...
Marconi sent radio waves from Dover, England to Wimereux, France, covering about 31 miles. This demonstration proved that radio communication wasn't l...
Alexander Graham Bell, speaking from New York, made the historic call to his assistant Thomas Watson in Boston. The connection was far from perfect, w...
Röntgen discovered X-rays accidentally while experimenting with cathode rays in 1895. He refused to patent his discovery, believing medical advances s...
Charles I's belief in the divine right of kings and conflicts with Parliament sparked the English Civil War. He became the only English monarch ever t...
