Significant events that happened on this day.
After being closed for nearly three years due to security concerns, visitors could once again climb up inside the monument's base, though the torch an...
Sold through RadioShack stores for $599, the TRS-80 became one of the best-selling computers of its era despite critics dubbing it the 'Trash-80.' It...
After 292 performances in the cramped basement venue where they honed their craft, the band had outgrown the small club that helped launch Beatlemania...
The landlocked West African nation became the last of the former French West African colonies to achieve independence. Hamani Diori became the country...
The nuclear-powered submarine completed a secret mission called Operation Sunshine, proving that submarines could operate in the Arctic Ocean. Command...
The African American athlete's victories in front of Adolf Hitler—who had intended the games to showcase Nazi racial theories—became one of sports' gr...
After President Harding died suddenly, Vice President Coolidge was visiting his family's Vermont farmhouse, which had no electricity or telephone. His...
Despite being acquitted in court, the players were permanently banned from baseball in what became known as the Black Sox Scandal. Shoeless Joe Jackso...
Just days after declaring war on Russia, Germany activated the Schlieffen Plan and invaded Belgium to attack France. This violation of Belgian neutral...
Harvey Firestone started the company that would become one of America's largest tire manufacturers. The timing was perfect—automobiles were just becom...
Twenty-six dentists gathered to establish professional standards for American dentistry at a time when tooth extraction was still done without anesthe...
Held on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire, the two-mile race was sponsored by a railroad company hoping to promote tourism to the area. Harvard won...
Built on the site of the church of Santa Maria della Scala, the theatre became one of the world's most prestigious opera houses. Ironically, the openi...
King Francis I authorized the lottery after seeing similar games in Italy during his military campaigns. The French were initially suspicious of the c...
Columbus departed with three ships—the Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa María—on a journey that would accidentally lead to European awareness of the Ame...
