Significant events that happened on this day.
Just nine days after the particle accelerator's celebrated launch, a ton of liquid helium leaked into the tunnel when a connection melted at nearly 4,...
George Garratt, frustrated by a friend who kept making fun of his 'boring' name, decided to prove a point by adopting the ridiculously long superhero-...
The historic handshake came after both leaders signed the Oslo Accords, the first face-to-face agreement between Israel and the Palestine Liberation O...
Nintendo released Super Mario Bros. for the Famicom console, revolutionizing platform gaming with its innovative level design and tight controls. The...
The inaugural marathon consisted of four loops around Central Park's roads, with only 55 runners actually finishing the race. Winner Gary Muhrcke rece...
The IBM 305 RAMAC featured 50 spinning magnetic disks, each 24 inches in diameter, and cost $50,000 per year to lease. All that engineering marvel sto...
The Maine Republican won her Senate seat after serving four terms in the House of Representatives, breaking barriers in American politics. She would g...
The scorching temperature was measured at El Azizia (now Al 'Aziziyah) in the Libyan desert. For nearly a century, it was recognized as the hottest te...
The British debuted their new secret weapon, the Mark I tank, at the Battle of Flers-Courcelette during World War I. Of the 49 tanks sent into battle,...
Jacob German became the first person in America to receive a speeding ticket while driving an electric taxi. The speed limit at the time was 8 mph, an...
Captain William Robertson rescued nine-year-old Habibullah Kalakani from being hanged during the Second Anglo-Afghan War. The boy later became a trust...
During the Mexican-American War, American troops assaulted the fortress defended by young Mexican military academy students known as 'Los Niños Héroes...
Key was detained on a British ship during the overnight attack on Baltimore during the War of 1812. At dawn, seeing the American flag still flying ove...
The Battle of the Plains of Abraham saw British forces under General James Wolfe defeat French troops led by the Marquis de Montcalm in a decisive eng...