Significant events that happened on this day.
An estimated 2 billion people worldwide watched the ceremony, making it one of the most-viewed events in television history. Kate's dress by Sarah Bur...
The American businessman paid a reported $20 million for his seat on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft, despite strong objections from NASA. He spent nearly...
Ames had sold secrets for $4.6 million over nine years, betraying more than 100 operations and causing the deaths of at least 10 U.S. agents. Despite...
At 24,000 feet, metal fatigue caused an 18-foot section of the Boeing 737's fuselage to rip away, instantly ejecting flight attendant Clarabelle Lansi...
De Gaulle had promised to resign if voters rejected his proposals, and when 52.4% voted 'no,' he kept his word within hours. The man who had led Free...
Ali's famous quote 'I ain't got no quarrel with them Viet Cong' made headlines as he rejected his draft notice. He was immediately stripped of his box...
President Lyndon Johnson ordered the intervention claiming it was necessary to prevent a communist takeover, though critics called it an overreaction...
Seven years after World War II ended, Japan regained its independence under the San Francisco Peace Treaty. The occupation had transformed Japan from...
Heyerdahl built a balsa wood raft using only materials available to pre-Columbian people to demonstrate his controversial migration theory. After 101...
Paulhan's achievement in his flimsy Farman biplane captured public imagination and proved aviation's practical potential. He beat rival Claude Grahame...
In one of history's most famous mutinies, acting-Lieutenant Fletcher Christian led a rebellion against Captain Bligh in the South Pacific. Bligh and 1...
Monroe would become the fifth President and author of the Monroe Doctrine, warning European powers against further colonization in the Americas. He's...
The elaborate state funeral featured a life-sized effigy of the queen lying atop her coffin, dressed in her robes and crown. Hundreds of poor women we...
