Significant events that happened on this day.
Neighbors complained about the constant 'boing boing' sound effects coming from his apartment. Police charged him under the country's noise pollution...
Phelps broke Mark Spitz's 1972 record of seven gold medals in a single Olympics by winning the 4x100m medley relay. His total haul from Beijing includ...
Clinton testified via closed-circuit television from the White House for over four hours about his relationship with Monica Lewinsky. That same evenin...
The journey took the massive 75,000-horsepower vessel through ice up to 15 feet thick. The achievement was both a technological triumph and a symbolic...
With wind speeds exceeding 175 mph, Camille remains one of only four Category 5 hurricanes to make landfall in the United States. Famously, 24 people...
What was planned as a ticketed concert for 50,000 people turned into a free festival when organizers couldn't control the crowds, with over 400,000 at...
The transition was remarkably peaceful compared to other African independence movements. Gabon's first president, Léon M'ba, maintained close ties wit...
Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta proclaimed Indonesian independence in Jakarta, though it took four more years of diplomatic and armed resistance before the...
When news reached the outside world the following year, it triggered the Klondike Gold Rush, with an estimated 100,000 prospectors attempting the jour...
He found that pieces of the material from South America, which had previously been used mainly for waterproofing, were perfect for 'rubbing out' penci...
