Inventions, firsts, and turning points tied to today’s date — each one sourced and dated.
A humiliated Tunisian fruit vendor set himself alight, and within weeks the act toppled a dictator and shook the Arab world.
A yellow, dysfunctional family debuted on Fox in 1989 and never left, becoming the longest-running scripted primetime show in America.
The age of aviation began with a hop shorter than the wingspan of a modern jumbo jet.
