Significant events that happened on this day.
The Boeing 777 vanished during a routine flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, sparking the most expensive search operation in aviation history. Despit...
Due to Pluto's elliptical orbit, it actually became closer to the Sun than Neptune, making Neptune temporarily the most distant planet. Pluto remained...
The new international airport featured a revolutionary circular terminal with moving walkways and tubes, designed to handle the jet age. Named after F...
In one of boxing's most anticipated matches, Joe Frazier handed Muhammad Ali his first professional defeat in a 15-round unanimous decision. Both figh...
3,500 U.S. Marines landed at Da Nang, marking the official start of American ground combat operations in Vietnam. While advisors had been present for...
Brothers Joseph and Robert Switzer received the patent for Day-Glo fluorescent pigments, which they had accidentally discovered while experimenting wi...
Alma Cummings won the dance marathon in New York City, having worn out six different male partners during the grueling competition. The bizarre craze...
On International Women's Day, thousands of women textile workers initiated what would become the February Revolution (which occurred in March by the G...
The French aviator and actress received her license from the Aéro-Club de France, breaking gender barriers in aviation. She later set multiple altitud...
The 100-mile copper wire connection represented a major milestone in telecommunications infrastructure. The line enabled the first long-distance telep...
During a demonstration of firearm handling to his courtiers, the king managed to shoot his own hat clean off his head without injuring himself. The in...
At the Battle of Gulnabad, around 18,000 Afghan warriors defeated a Persian force of over 200,000, one of the most lopsided victories in military hist...
After years of calculations, Kepler realized that the square of a planet's orbital period is proportional to the cube of its average distance from the...