Significant events that happened on this day.
After a 9.5-year journey covering 3 billion miles, the probe flew within 7,800 miles of Pluto, revealing heart-shaped plains, icy mountains, and a haz...
President Chiang Ching-kuo ended the state of emergency that had been in place since 1949, allowing political opposition and free speech for the first...
The probe transmitted 22 grainy black-and-white photos showing Mars' cratered surface, forever changing our understanding of the Red Planet. Scientist...
The wallet contained $70, and the worker seriously considered whether shutting down the entire blast furnace to retrieve it was worth the production c...
The eccentric billionaire and his crew of four flew a Lockheed Super Electra around the globe in just 3 days, 19 hours, and 17 minutes. He received a...
Hitler's regime officially outlawed all opposition parties, completing the transformation of Germany's democracy into a totalitarian dictatorship. Any...
William Martin's home was first torn apart by a violent tornado, and then while he stood in the wreckage, lightning struck a metal beam near him, knoc...
The 323-foot tower, one of Venice's most famous landmarks, crumbled to the ground without warning, miraculously killing no one since the only casualty...
Using the newly invented daguerreotype process attached to a telescope, astronomers created the first-ever photo of a star other than the Sun. The exp...
Originally composed as a revolutionary war song in 1792, the rousing anthem calling citizens to arms officially became France's national song. Its blo...
A mob of Parisians attacked the medieval fortress and prison, freeing only seven inmates but seizing its weapons arsenal. This symbolic act against ro...
