Significant events that happened on this day.
With sustained winds of 185 mph, Irma devastated multiple Caribbean islands and caused over $77 billion in damage. The storm maintained Category 5 str...
Diana's death in a car crash one week earlier had shocked the world, and her funeral became one of the most-watched events in television history. The...
Ripken's 'Iron Man' streak had stood as one of baseball's most unbreakable records for 56 years. The game was stopped for a 22-minute standing ovation...
After decades of Soviet occupation, the three Baltic states finally regained their independence. This marked a crucial step in the dissolution of the...
CBFT in Montreal became Canada's first television station, beating the English-language CBC station in Toronto by two days. The first broadcast reache...
Peary and his team, including Matthew Henson and four Inuit men, allegedly reached the North Pole after years of Arctic expeditions. However, historia...
Leon Czolgosz approached McKinley during a public reception and fired two shots at point-blank range. McKinley initially seemed to be recovering, but...
This milestone connected California to the rest of the transcontinental railroad network, ending the state's relative isolation. The railroad transfor...
The Mayflower set sail on its historic voyage to the New World, carrying Pilgrims seeking religious freedom. The 66-day journey across the Atlantic wo...
Ferdinand Magellan's ship Victoria arrived back in Spain, completing the first circumnavigation of Earth. Of the original 270 crew members who set out...
