Significant events that happened on this day.
The Mangalyaan spacecraft achieved Mars orbit on a shoestring budget of just $74 million—less than the cost of making the movie 'Gravity.' India becam...
The man successfully changed his legal name to the popular franchise name as a form of social commentary. Japanese law allows name changes with minima...
The treaty aimed to ban all nuclear explosions for both civilian and military purposes. Despite being signed by 187 countries, it has never entered in...
Just three days after setting a world record in the 100-meter dash at the Seoul Olympics, Johnson's victory turned to disgrace. His urine sample revea...
After years of international sanctions and a brutal guerrilla war, Smith finally agreed to negotiate a transition to Black majority rule. This marked...
This massive warship revolutionized naval warfare with eight nuclear reactors giving it virtually unlimited range. At over 1,100 feet long, it was the...
After Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus defied the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board decision, President Eisenhower deployed the 101st Airborne Division to...
An all-star team featuring Ruth, Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx, and other legends played 18 games across Japan, winning every single one. Massive crowds turned...
Under intense federal pressure and threats to seize church property, President Wilford Woodruff issued the Manifesto ending the practice of plural mar...
Two Wall Street speculators tried to monopolize America's gold supply, driving prices sky-high. When President Grant released government gold reserves...
French engineer Henri Giffard piloted his hydrogen-filled dirigible from Paris to Trappes, covering 17 miles at about 6 mph. While the steam engine wa...
President George Washington signed the Judiciary Act of 1789, creating the foundation of the American federal court system. The act established a Supr...
Director-General Peter Stuyvesant reluctantly surrendered the colony without firing a shot, despite wanting to fight. The settlement was renamed in ho...