Inventions, firsts, and turning points tied to today’s date — each one sourced and dated.
Sixty-three light-years away, a deep-blue gas giant scatters glass through its skies on winds seven times the speed of sound.
On July 11, 1979, NASA's first space station re-entered the atmosphere and rained chunks of itself across Western Australia.
After years of failures and near-ruin, a Japanese noodle-shop owner coaxed an oyster into making a gem and launched a whole industry.
London's most famous bell finally struck the hour in 1859, only to crack itself silent within weeks.
