Inventions, firsts, and turning points tied to today’s date — each one sourced and dated.
On a single August evening, two million people clasped hands across three nations to demand their freedom from Soviet rule.
A spacecraft sent to scout Apollo landing sites swung around and, almost on a whim, shot the first Earthrise.
The Scottish freedom fighter met a traitor's death in the English capital, yet refused to accept he had ever owed the crown allegiance.
