Significant events that happened on this day.
The 16-year-old was attending a funeral when he couldn't resist catching a rare Pokémon that appeared in the church. The priest noticed him playing an...
In a historic announcement, the IRA declared that it would pursue its goals through exclusively peaceful means and ordered all units to dump arms. Thi...
Two college students stumbled upon one of the most complete ancient skeletons ever found in North America. The discovery ignited fierce debates betwee...
Bill Suitor flew into the stadium using a Bell Aerosystems rocket belt, creating one of the most memorable Olympic opening ceremony moments ever. The...
Exactly one month after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo, Austria-Hungary's declaration of war set off a chain reaction of al...
This landmark amendment fundamentally transformed American citizenship by overturning the Dred Scott decision and establishing birthright citizenship....
Photographer Julius Berkowski created the first successful daguerreotype of a total solar eclipse from the Royal Observatory in Königsberg. The 84-sec...
