Significant events that happened on this day.
Deep Blue beat Garry Kasparov in a six-game match, marking a historic moment in artificial intelligence. Kasparov accused IBM of cheating and demanded...
Mossad agents kidnapped Eichmann from suburban Buenos Aires where he'd been living under a false name. He was smuggled to Israel drugged and disguised...
The country had actually changed its name once before in 1939, then briefly reverted to Siam after WWII. The name 'Thailand' means 'land of the free,'...
The organization was initially created to mediate labor disputes and improve the film industry's image. The first Academy Awards ceremony wouldn't be...
President Taft signed legislation creating the park, which preserves over one million acres of wilderness. The park originally had around 150 glaciers...
The strike began after the company cut wages by 25% but didn't reduce rents in its company town. It escalated into a national crisis when 250,000 work...
Minnesota was admitted to the Union as a free state. The state's name comes from a Dakota word meaning 'sky-tinted water.' At the time of statehood, M...
He was shot in the lobby of the House of Commons by John Bellingham, a merchant who blamed the government for his business failures. Bellingham calmly...
This battle is famous for the possibly apocryphal exchange where French and British officers politely invited each other to fire first. The French com...
Stuyvesant had a wooden peg leg decorated with silver bands after losing his leg in a military campaign. He ruled the colony with an iron fist for 17...
This expedition explored the coast of Central America searching for a passage to Asia. Columbus and his crew were stranded in Jamaica for a year when...
