Significant events that happened on this day.
The car-sized rover was lowered onto the Martian surface by a hovering rocket-powered platform on cables, a technique engineers called '7 minutes of t...
The Allan Hills meteorite, which had been blasted off Mars 16 million years ago, appeared to contain fossilized bacteria-like organisms. While later d...
The first web page went live at CERN, explaining what the World Wide Web was and how to use it. This simple page launched the internet revolution that...
This landmark legislation outlawed discriminatory voting practices that had disenfranchised African Americans, particularly in the South. The Act is c...
The Union Jack was lowered at midnight as Jamaica became a sovereign nation within the Commonwealth. Princess Margaret represented Queen Elizabeth II...
The B-29 bomber Enola Gay released 'Little Boy' at 8:15 AM local time, instantly killing an estimated 80,000 people. The blast destroyed about 5 squar...
The 19-year-old American swimmer completed the 21-mile crossing from France to England in 14 hours and 31 minutes. She beat the previous men's record...
Ball would revolutionize television comedy with 'I Love Lucy,' becoming the first woman to head a major television production company. Her pioneering...
The new nation was originally going to be called the Republic of Bolívar, but legislators decided to modify it to Bolivia instead. Bolívar himself bec...
Tennyson would become one of the most popular British poets of the Victorian era, serving as Poet Laureate for over 40 years. His works like 'The Char...
The Great Fire of London started in a bakery on Pudding Lane and consumed 13,200 houses, 87 churches, and most of the city's major buildings. Remarkab...
This treaty formally ended decades of conflict between Portugal and the Netherlands, particularly over colonial territories in Brazil, Africa, and Asi...
