Significant events that happened on this day.
The 24-year-old man agreed to have a company's logo temporarily tattooed on his forehead for advertisement. This bizarre marketing stunt sparked debat...
The attempt took over four hours and required assistance from friends and family to help pull each successive shirt over the growing mass. By the end,...
After a scoreless draw and overtime, the USA defeated China in a dramatic penalty shootout at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. Brandi Chastain's winning pen...
Yeltsin won with 57% of the vote in Russia's first direct presidential election. This election came just months before the Soviet Union's collapse and...
The archipelago nation became fully sovereign with Lynden Pindling as its first Prime Minister. The transition was peaceful, and the Bahamas chose to...
The satellite successfully transmitted the first live transatlantic television signal, showing images from Andover, Maine to Pleumeur-Bodou, France. T...
The future Queen Elizabeth II had fallen in love with the Greek prince when she was just 13 years old. They married later that year and remained toget...
This marked the start of a prolonged aerial bombardment intended to gain air superiority before a planned invasion. The RAF's successful defense preve...
High school teacher John Scopes was prosecuted for teaching evolution in violation of Tennessee law. The trial became a national spectacle featuring l...
The electric vehicle could reach speeds up to 18 mph and travel 30 miles on a single charge. The department reported that it was particularly useful f...
Proust would become famous for his seven-volume masterwork 'In Search of Lost Time,' one of the longest novels ever written at over 4,000 pages. A pas...
Tesla would go on to develop alternating current electrical systems, the Tesla coil, and hold over 300 patents. Despite his revolutionary contribution...
