Inventions, firsts, and turning points tied to today’s date — each one sourced and dated.
At the 2009 World Championships in Berlin, Usain Bolt didn't just win the 100m - he rewrote the limits of what a human sprint could be.
From a balloon gondola nearly 20 miles up, an Air Force captain stepped into the void and fell faster than any human before him.
A 98-word royal greeting crawled beneath the ocean for sixteen hours, collapsing weeks of sea travel into a single day.
