Significant events that happened on this day.
Scientists at CERN smashed protons together at 7 trillion electron volts, recreating conditions from fractions of a second after the Big Bang. Despite...
Created by David L. Smith and named after a Florida stripper, the virus spread via email and Microsoft Word documents. It was one of the fastest-sprea...
The painting was bought by a Japanese insurance company, shattering previous art auction records. Van Gogh, who died penniless and sold only one paint...
The assassination attempt left Reagan seriously wounded with a punctured lung. Hinckley later said he did it to impress actress Jodie Foster. Reagan's...
British Airways Flight 9 encountered volcanic ash that sandblasted the windscreen and caused all four engines to fail. The pilots managed an emergency...
This was the seventh and final 'Road to...' movie starring the comedy duo. The film also featured cameos from Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and even Joa...
This groundbreaking environmental legislation came after concerns about arsenic poisoning in agriculture. The ban was controversial among farmers who...
The ship had served as a troop transport and hospital ship during the war. Nicknamed 'The Ship Beautiful,' the Aquitania would continue passenger serv...
Secretary of State William Seward negotiated what critics called 'Seward's Folly' or 'Seward's Icebox.' The purchase added 586,412 square miles to the...
Before this invention, people had to use separate erasers or bread crumbs to fix mistakes. Lipman's combination of pencil and eraser in one tool revol...
The legendary post-impressionist painter was born exactly one year after his stillborn brother, also named Vincent. He only seriously pursued art at a...
Long used ether to painlessly remove a tumor from a patient's neck in Georgia. However, he didn't publish his findings until 1849, allowing others to...
Spain sold Florida to the U.S. for $5 million to settle debts and other disputes. The formal transfer ceremony took place in St. Augustine. Florida wo...
Goya became one of the most important Spanish artists, serving as court painter to the Spanish Crown. His dark and haunting later works influenced mod...
