Inventions, firsts, and turning points tied to today’s date — each one sourced and dated.
The last total solar eclipse of the 20th century swept from the Atlantic to the Bay of Bengal as hundreds of millions watched.
A routine traffic stop in a Black Los Angeles neighborhood ignited six days of unrest that left 34 people dead.
A 1940s movie star and an avant-garde composer co-invented a radio trick that quietly underpins Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and GPS.
Maya scribes counted history forward from a single mythic morning of creation in 3114 BCE.
