Significant events that happened on this day.
The infamous king's skeleton was discovered beneath a parking lot that had been built over a medieval church. DNA analysis not only confirmed his iden...
The spacecraft detected what appeared to be ice deposits in permanently shadowed craters near the lunar poles. This discovery excited scientists about...
The probe survived for 57 minutes on Venus's hellish surface, where temperatures reach 465°C (869°F) and atmospheric pressure is 95 times that of Eart...
The King of Rock and Roll had been drafted at the height of his fame in 1958 and served as a regular soldier, refusing special treatment. He left the...
In a small college in Fulton, Missouri, Churchill warned that 'an iron curtain has descended across the continent' of Europe. The speech is credited w...
Despite massive intimidation and violence, the Nazis failed to achieve an absolute majority. Nevertheless, this election gave Hitler enough power to p...
After Gandhi led thousands of Indians to the sea to make their own salt in defiance of British law, this agreement allowed Indians to make salt for pe...
Tesla outlined his vision for transmitting electricity through the Earth itself, making power lines obsolete. He had already conducted experiments at...
Before Westinghouse's invention, train brakes had to be manually applied to each car, making quick stops nearly impossible. His compressed air system...
Johnson was impeached for violating the Tenure of Office Act by firing his Secretary of War. The Senate trial lasted nearly three months, and he was a...
While this story is partially apocryphal, Bach's music was notoriously challenging for musicians of his era. His innovative compositions often pushed...
Published 73 years earlier, De revolutionibus orbium coelestium was finally condemned as heretical by the Inquisition. The book remained on the Church...