Significant events that happened on this day.
The largest blackout in North American history was triggered by overgrown trees touching power lines in Ohio, combined with a software bug that preven...
"The Great One" was sold to the Kings along with two teammates for $15 million, multiple players, and draft picks, devastating Canadian fans. The trad...
Facing certain impeachment over the Watergate scandal, Nixon announced his resignation in a televised address on August 8, with the resignation taking...
Singapore didn't fight for independence—it was kicked out. After only two years as part of Malaysia, bitter political and ethnic tensions led Malaysia...
Three days after Hiroshima, a plutonium bomb nicknamed "Fat Man" was detonated over Nagasaki, killing an estimated 40,000-80,000 people instantly. The...
The iconic animated character started as a French poodle caricature before evolving into the baby-faced human flapper we know today. Her "boop-oop-a-d...
The coronation had been scheduled for June 26 but was postponed when the king developed appendicitis just two days before. His successful emergency ap...
The first recorded case of bicycle theft occurred when an unnamed Swiss man took a bike from a train station in Austria and rode it back to Switzerlan...
The transcendentalist classic detailed Thoreau's two-year experiment living in a small cabin near Walden Pond in Massachusetts. Despite his reputation...
Pope Sixtus IV commissioned the chapel that bears his name, though it wouldn't receive Michelangelo's famous ceiling frescoes until 25 years later. Th...
The Tower of Pisa started tilting during construction due to soft ground that couldn't properly support its weight. Work was halted multiple times ove...
