Significant events that happened on this day.
May became the UK's second female prime minister after Margaret Thatcher, inheriting the monumental task of negotiating Britain's exit from the Europe...
McAuliffe, a high school social studies teacher from New Hampshire, was chosen from 11,000 applicants to fly aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger. She...
Organized by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure, the dual-venue benefit concert featured performances by Queen, U2, David Bowie, and many others. An estimated 1...
Lightning strikes knocked out power to most of New York City, plunging it into darkness during a sweltering summer night. Unlike the orderly 1965 blac...
At 43, Kennedy became the youngest person nominated for president by a major party. His selection of Lyndon B. Johnson as running mate surprised many,...
The earthquake devastated the picturesque Cycladic island, destroying over 2,000 buildings and leaving about 70% of the island's structures damaged. T...
Uruguay became the inaugural World Cup champions by beating their rivals Argentina in front of 93,000 spectators in Montevideo. The next day was decla...
Originally reading 'HOLLYWOODLAND,' the sign was erected as an advertisement for a real estate development and was only supposed to last 18 months. Ea...
The R34 had departed from Scotland on July 2 and arrived in New York on July 6, then returned to England, landing on July 13. The round trip took 182...
Following the Russo-Turkish War, European powers met to prevent Russia from dominating the Balkans. The treaty granted independence to Romania, Serbia...
Working-class New Yorkers, angered by a draft law that allowed wealthy men to pay $300 to avoid service, began four days of rioting. The violence prim...
Charlotte Corday, a Girondin sympathizer, gained access to Marat's home by claiming she had information about enemies of the revolution. She stabbed h...
