Inventions, firsts, and turning points tied to today’s date — each one sourced and dated.
At lunchtime on April 10, 1912, the largest ship afloat eased out of Southampton — and nearly hit another liner before clearing the dock.
The bell that booms over Westminster was a do-over — the first one cracked, so a second was poured in the East End on April 10, 1858.
A single Indonesian volcano blasted out so much sulfur in 1815 that 1816 became known as the 'year without a summer'.
