Significant events that happened on this day.
Elizabeth called it 'a title that I never sought' and spent the day opening a railway in Scotland, characteristically understated. She would go on to...
The deal came nine years after iTunes launched, making The Beatles one of the last major holdouts in the digital music revolution. Apple Inc. and Appl...
Two suicide bombers pretended to be Belgian journalists seeking an interview and detonated explosives hidden in their camera equipment. Massoud's deat...
In a letter from PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat to Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, the PLO renounced terrorism and recognized Israel for the first t...
Tajikistan was one of the last Soviet republics to declare independence, doing so reluctantly as the USSR crumbled. Within months, the country would b...
The Dodgers pitcher threw a perfect game against the Chicago Cubs, striking out 14 batters. It was his fourth no-hitter in four consecutive years, a f...
An estimated 60 million people—82% of the TV viewing audience—tuned in to watch Elvis perform. Ed Sullivan had previously declared he would never book...
Grace Hopper and her team found an actual moth causing problems in the relay-based computer at Harvard. They taped it into their logbook with the note...
The network launched with 24 radio stations spanning from the East Coast to Kansas. NBC actually operated two networks initially—the Red Network and t...
President Grover Cleveland's daughter Esther was born in a second-floor bedroom of the White House. Frances was also the youngest First Lady in histor...
California bypassed the usual territorial phase and went straight to statehood, largely because of the Gold Rush population boom. The admission was pa...
This seemingly simple administrative change marked a profound shift in identity for the rebelling colonies. The delegates debated for hours before set...
