Significant events that happened on this day.
The bizarre assault occurred in Somerset when the projectile chipolata struck the victim on the head as he walked down the street. Police investigated...
At age 32, the physicist and astronaut launched on mission STS-7, shattering gender barriers in America's space program. During the six-day mission, s...
The audacious thief attempted to dismantle and haul away the entire structure piece by piece, claiming he had permission to remove it for scrap metal....
The Strategic Arms Limitation Talks agreement aimed to limit nuclear weapons development during the Cold War. However, the Soviet invasion of Afghanis...
In one of rock music's most iconic moments, Hendrix doused his Fender Stratocaster with lighter fluid and set it ablaze during a performance of "Wild...
The revolutionary 33⅓ RPM microgroove disc could hold 21 minutes per side, compared to just 4 minutes for existing 78 RPM records. Demonstrated by pla...
With France's fall imminent and Britain standing alone against Nazi Germany, Churchill rallied the nation with the stirring declaration that "if the B...
Though she was merely a passenger on the flight from Newfoundland to Wales (the pilot was Wilmer Stultz), the journey took 20 hours and 40 minutes and...
The pioneering suffragist had been arrested and tried for voting illegally in Rochester, New York. When the judge directed the jury to find her guilty...
Darwin was shocked to discover that Wallace had independently developed nearly identical ideas to his own unpublished work of 20 years. This prompted...
The French emperor's attempted comeback ended disastrously just outside Brussels, where combined British and Prussian forces crushed his army. Napoleo...
Congress approved the declaration after years of tensions over British impressment of American sailors and interference with American trade. The war w...
The English monks reported seeing "a flaming torch" and the Moon's "upper horn split in two" with "writhing flames" erupting from the division. Modern...
